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Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is arriving in Dailekh today. PM Deuba and CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal are coming to Surkhet and Dailekh, the two districts in Karnali Province, to address the election assemblies, Maoist Centre's Karnali Province Chairman Bimala KC said. According to KC, NC President Deuba, Maoist Centre Chair Prachanda and CPN (Unified Socialist) General Secretary Beduram Bhusal will address the election assemblies. The leaders are coming here to address the election assemblies – one to be held at Khaireni Bheri of Gurbhakot of Surkhet and another in Dailekh - after attending a program in Nawalparasi today.

Nepali Congress leader Shashanka Koirala, who is contesting the election for a seat in the federal House of Representatives, has expressed the commitment to amend the National Park Act for addressing the long-standing problem created by the wildlife and the national park in the park's buffer zone. Addressing an election assembly here today, he said the problem was due to the anachronistic Act which was enacted during the Panchayat period. He asserted that the Act needs to be amended for resolving the problems of the park-affected people. "Infrastructure development has not made headway in the settlements affected by the park and buffer zone. The left-democratic alliance government to be formed after the parliamentary election will amend the Act," leader Koirala said. He claimed that key programs such as distribution of land ownership certificates to the landless and construction of the Dumkibas highway have not moved ahead due to the hurdles created by the Act. He argued that the alliance's candidates should be made victorious in the election for minimizing the losses to humans and crops caused by the wildlife and providing proper compensation as well as to pursue the development in the park and buffer zone-affected areas. The NC leader reiterated that the construction process of the Narayani Corridor highway, connecting Gaindakot and Triveni, would be initiated immediately after the elections for raising the living standard of the people of the buffer zone.

The government has announced a two-day public holiday for the elections to the House of Representatives and Province Assembly slated for November 20. The Ministry of Home Affairs has announced public holidays on November 20 and 21 for the polls, read a statement issued on Tuesday. Likewise, the government has decided to close all the schools where voting centers are located from November 18 to 21.  

Security arrangement is in place to hold the November 20 elections to the House of Representatives, and Provincial Assembly in a free, fair and peaceful atmosphere in Rolpa district. There are 177 polling centers and 86 polling stations in the district. The security arrangement has been categorized as- much sensitive, sensitive and normal. Among 86 polling stations, 31 polling stations are considered very sensitive. Thabag Rural Municipality has three such polling stations, while Triveni has one, Runtigadhi and Gangadev six each, Paribartan and Rolpa two each, Madi 1 and Sunchhahari and Lungri five each. The district security committee meeting held three months back had recommended for addition of five more polling centers based on population, geographical condition, transportation and security. Temporary polling centers are set up at Liwang prison office, and District Coordination Committee.