Kathmandu

The Nepal government on Thursday announced its decision to hold the federal and provincial polls on November 20, 2022.

A meeting of the Cabinet took the decision earlier in the day based on the recommendation of the Election Commission.

With the announcement of polls, the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led coalition government has now turned into a caretaker one and cannot take crucial decisions.

The election date was earlier recommended for November 18, according to officials of the polls body, assuming that the tenure of the existing House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly would end on December 8.

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The previous federal and provincial polls were held in two phases on November 26 and December 7 in 2017.