Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Ayodhi Prasad Yadav has urged the government to take a concrete decision on the demands raised by the Madhes-based parties regarding the local level elections promptly.

Addressing a two-day training of trainers on election management and conduction organised by the Election Commission (EC) at Godavari, Lalitpur on Thursday, he said that the EC would face problems if the government did not take the concrete decision on the issues.

"It is necessary for the government to take the concrete decision as it is high time for printing the ballot papers and the voters identity cards in the districts of the Madhes which have high number of voters,” he said.

“If the government did not take the decision, the EC would resolutely and fully gear up for the election preparation by printing the ballot papers for all provinces,” he added.

Stressing that the government should create conducive environment wherein the employees deployed for conducting the elections can work smoothly, he said that the EC has been moving ahead with the voters’ education and management of materials needed for voters despite the complexities.

Also speaking at the same programme, government Chief Secretary Som Lal Subedi stressed on maintaining fiscal discipline and expressed the confidence that the civil servants would extend cooperation to that end fulfilling their responsibilities at the minimum cost.

He said that the employees should have professionalism and practice neutrality.

Election Commissioner Narendra Dahal expressed his hope that the upcoming elections slated for May 14 would significantly contribute to the strengthening of democracy and effective implementation of the constitution.

Similarly, another Election Commissioner Gopinath Mainali stated that the strengthening of democracy was possible only by a free and fair election.

A total of 126,000 employees except security forces are to be deputed in the local level elections in a single phase.

Over 36,000 individuals would be elected in the elections of 744 local-levels.

Around 21,000 volunteers would be mobilised for running voters' education classes.