KATHMANDU: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi has said the government realised that a political understanding was essential to hold the elections at all three tiers.

Addressing a meeting of the Legislature-Parliament's State Affairs Committee today, Minister Nidhi said, "The ongoing preparations for the Constitution amendment is meant to find a political consensus on holding the elections."

Preparations for amending the country's main law and formulation of electoral acts were going on simultaneously, he said, urging one and all not to doubt the government's preparations for the timely poll.

The agreement on creation of local units on the basis of areas (ilakas) was an attempt to find a middle path to sort the disputes over the restructuring of local bodies, he said.

On the occasion, he briefed the meeting about the search efforts undertaken for former Home Minister Madhav Ghimire, who has gone missing after his jeep plunged into the Trishuli River last Sunday.

The meeting was summoned to take stock of the progress on the election preparations and formulation of required acts to hold the elections of all three levels from the government and the Election Commission.

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