Hetauda, Nepal, July 22, 2022: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the date for the upcoming election to the House of Representatives and the Province assembly would be announced soon.
 
Deuba, who is also the president of the ruling head Nepali Congress, said so while inaugurating the Nepal Press Union (NPU)'s ninth national general convention in Hetauda Friday.

The date for the upcoming election to the House of Representatives and the Province assembly would be announced soon as the government has been making necessary preparations for the same, Deuba said sans elaborating even about the tentative date.

During the function, he also urged the media to use their pens for the conduction of the election in a free, fair, fear-free and credible environment. ‘Only an impartial journalism makes the nation and democracy stronger,’ Deuba said highlighting the role of the media. 

He also commended the role of the media played for the establishment of democracy and the current political system in the country.