Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the date for provincial and federal elections will be announced soon.

Speaking at a programme organised to commemorate the 35^th Memorial Day of the Nepali Congress founder BP Koirala in the Capital on Friday, he said that all the elections should be conducted within the timeframe mandated by the constitution.

Noting that the two phases of local polls have already been concluded and the third phase of the elections has been scheduled for September 18, he said, “Constitution Delimitation Commission has already been formed to delineate electoral constituencies for the provincial and federal elections.”

PM Deuba, who is also the President of ruling Nepali Congress, opined that the federal democratic republic would be stabilised only after the successful conduction of three phases of elections within the stipulated time.