Kathmandu, Jan. 17 -- If the Supreme Court reinstates the House of Representatives Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli dissolved on December 20, general elections slated for April 30 and May 10 will not take place.

But the Election Commission is legally bound to prepare for polls once the government announces the dates, according to Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh Thapaliya.

And preparations have started.

As part of it, it has been examining the situation of the logistics, budget, human resources for holding the polls.

Ballot boxes, ballot papers, vehicles, ink, voters' list, stamp pad, pen, scale, ballot box stickers, medicines, papers, thread, calculators, glue sticks among the items it has to have for holding elections.

In the last pa...