Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has cast his votes at Lanku school polling centre in Bharatpur Metropolis-4 of Chitwan district this morning.

He is the first person to cast the votes in the local level elections being held in three provinces of the country.

Talking to media persons after casting his ballot, PM Dahal said, “I have witnessed a huge participation in this historic election. People are excited.”

Talking about electoral alliance between Nepali Congress and his party CPN (Maoist Centre), PM Dahal remarked that it is a normal phenomenon in the election.

PM Dahal’s daughter Renu Dahal is vying for the mayoral post of the metropolitan.

Dahal reached Bharatpur this morning with his family to cast the ballot.

Dahal’s son Prakash Dahal said that the PM will return to Kathmandu by 10 am.