Most of the Nepali people have been rising a question, can Nepali government hold municipal election on the scheduled date ?

The question rose as the people are terrified because of the anti-government guerrillas' activities and seven political party's agitation, on one hand, and government's position to hold the election at any rate, on the other hand.

The Nepali government is holding municipal polls on Feb. 8 despite the call from seven agitating political parties to actively boycott it and the anti-government guerrillas threats to disrupt it.

The Nepali Election Commission on Tuesday published detail program for the municipal polls, but the same day the anti- government guerrillas increased their activities against the poll.

The anti-government forces on Tuesday launched massive attacks at almost all the security posts in Nepalgunj city of mid-western Banke district. The guerrillas simultaneously targeted Ward, District and Zonal Police Offices, Police Training Center, District Administration Office, along with army's posts with bombs and modern weapons killing at least three security personnel and injuring eight others. Series of explosions occurred around the city till late in the evening.

The insurgents exploded Improvised Explosive Device at the District Education Office in eastern Bhojpur district, some 400 km east of Kathmandu, damaging property worth of about 400,000 Nepali rupees (5714.28 US dollars).

The guerrillas on Tuesday evening triggered bomb blasts Ward Number Two Office of Banepa Municipality in central Kavre district, some 50 km east of Kathmandu.

Similarly, vehicular movement on the Siddhartha Highway in western Nepal has been disrupted since Tuesday due to obstructions placed by the armed guerrillas at different places. The guerrillas obstructed the road by placing tree trunks and rocks at different places, parking a truck in the middle of the road and planting explosives in the tyres of the truck.

On Sunday also, hundreds of passengers and vehicles remained stranded following guerrillas placing roadblocks in western Rupandahi district across East-West Mahendara Highway, one of the major highways of Nepal, to support the seven political parties to boycott the forthcoming municipal elections.

The guerrillas murdered a mayoral candidate of Nepal Sadbhavana Political Party, in eastern Janakpur city on Sunday. They have been threatening the candidate to take physical actions across the country. Guerrillas also have been targeting several local government offices.

The guerrillas and seven agitating political parties have a 12- point agreement to restore complete democracy in the country and find a peaceful outlet to the insurgency. In this context, the activities of each group is morally supported by another.

Guerrillas have announced a week-long general strike across the country from Feb. 5 to Feb. 11 to disrupt the election. The seven opposition political party alliance, also called general strike on Jan. 26, the day of filing candidature for the polls.

According to the senior government official, Nepali government has no intention of halting or postponing the elections. Kamal Thapa, home minister, refuted reports that the government had discussed the possibility of postponing or halting it. "The government had made adequate security arrangements and that there would be no discrepancies during the elections," Thapa said.

Source: Xinhua