Kathmandu, Oct. 29 -- With hardly four months for the mid-term elections, the government has shown some "urgency" in exploring ways to provide voting rights to the Nepali diaspora.

A month and a half into its formation, the Sushila Karki government has started consultations on an ordinance to amend existing election laws to pave the way for Nepalis living abroad to exercise their franchise.

It has also asked the Policy Research Institute, a specialised think tank of Nepal government, to study and suggest how that right can be guaranteed. The interim government, which replaced the erstwhile KP Sharma Oli government, dissolved the House of Representatives and announced snap polls for March 5.

Laxman Prasad Bhattarai, board secretary at t...