Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has appealed the eligible voters to use their sovereign voting rights by casting votes in the local level elections.

“I urge all the electors to participate in this historic local level election and use their sovereign voting rights,” said the PM in a message issued on Saturday.

The first phase of local polls is due on Sunday.

“In democracy, people can exercise their sovereign rights through election. In other words, people use their decisive power through election. This election is an opportunity for Nepali people to use their sovereign rights,” the PM’s message read.

“On the one hand, the local polls have stood as a linkage to direct Nepal’s peace process to a logical conclusion, while on the other, it can be looked upon as a milestone to end the unitary and centralised governing system and establish federal governance,” the PM said in his message, adding, “This election will open door for meting out the rights and resources centralised at Singha Durbar to people’s doorstep.