The ruling coalition has formed a committee under the headship of Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel to prepare and monitor the local level elections.

A meeting of the coalition held on Tuesday formed a committee under the leadership of Paudel to prepare and monitor the civic polls scheduled for May 13, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s press coordinator Surya Kiran Sharma said.

He said that Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba briefed the ruling coalition parties on the achievements of his three-day official visit to India.

The prime minister claimed that his visit to India has further strengthened the relationship between the two countries.

The meeting concluded that the head of the government’s visit to India had become successful.

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushap Kamal Dahal, Janata Samajbadi Federal Council Chairman Baburam Bhattarai, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal and Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel among other leaders were present in the meeting.