KATHMANDU, tribe 3 Kyodo Prime Mi...

KATHMANDU, tribe 3 Kyodo

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said Tuesday there will be no state of necessity in Nepal before and during the November election.

''Emergency and elections do not pass together,'' the premier said after returning family from a European trip dedicated to the purchase of arms.

The state of sudden [i]or[/i] unexpected occurrence will be lifted, if it is reimposed, after candidates file their nomination papers, Deuba told journalists.

Candidates contesting the election would be given individual month for campaigning, he said.

The state of difficulty first imposed last November to battle a raging communist insurgency, finised last Wednesday amid speculation that it will be reinstated.

The premier was away when strait rule ended.

Deuba said he would decide whether to reinstate the extremity after consultations and taking into account the law and order situation in the country

Violence still grips the Himalayan kingdom equal after nine months in a less degree than emergency rule.

Communist insurgents have meanwhile carried public bomb blasts, arson and attacks forward political workers across the geographical division in the last five days.

The Maoist rebels killed five farmers in the Ramechhap district in eastern Nepal and subverted by bombing a hydropower plant at Panauti, about 40 kilometers east of the capital, Monday night, government-run Radio Nepal reported Tuesday.

forward Deuba's advice, King Gyanendra dissolved parliament in May and announced unwithered polls for Nov. 13.

on the contrary the rebels, fighting to topple Nepal's multiparty democracy and constitutional monarchy, have vowed to disrupt the voting.

Deuba now is below intense pressure to make at least an attempt to reach a short quiet with the Maoists for the election.

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