Kathmandu, Nov. 7 -- month-old interim government under Prime Minister Sushila Karki is struggling to juggle its primary task of conducting the March 5 parliamentary elections amid current and planned street protests over other issues.

Various groups, from cooperative victims to anti-cable car activists, are preparing fresh demonstrations, fuelling doubts about whether a conducive environment for the polls can be ensured amid political unrest and administrative distractions.

Former Chief Justice Karki, who became the Prime Minister of the interim government formed in the wake of the Gen Z movement of September 8 and 9, has a clear mandate to hold parliamentary elections on March 5.

Yet critics accuse the government of drifting from its...