Nepali citizens living abroad will be provided opportunity to vote in general elections: PM

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that Nepali citizens outside the country for various reasons will be provided the opportunity to vote in general elections.

Currently in the United States to participate in the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations, Prime Minister Dahal said that Nepali citizens will not be deprived of the right to vote.

In a meeting with Nepali media persons in New York on Sunday, he said that the Election Commission has been instructed to make voting arrangements for Nepali citizens abroad.

On a different note, Prime Minister Dahal said that the government is ready to take required measures for corruption control and maintaining good governance.

He said that some groups were active to defame the government by overshadowing the good and positive deeds carried out by it so far.