Kathmandu, March 5 -- The stage is set for Thursday's elections, which are being held following the unprecedented September Gen Z movement that ousted the KP Sharma Oli-led coalition government and led to the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

Clearing all doubts, the Election Commission, with strong backing from the Sushila Karki administration, has completed all preparations to hold the snap polls that will give the country an elected government after six months.

In her first decision as the executive head, Karki recommended to President Ramchandra Paudel, on September 12, the dissolution of the lower house. Paudel also gave her the mandate of holding the snap polls on March 5.

"All the arrangements for free, fair, transpar...