Kathmandu: The Nepalese government has said Parliamentary elections could be held within the next six months to avert a Constitutional crisis.

"As the present government does not want to precipitate any crisis, we may conduct elections within the next six months," Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand told reporters in Pokhara on December 14.

Chand had earlier said that elections could only be held after restoring peace and security in the country.

There is a provision in the Constitution that requires all members of the Cabinet to get themselves elected to Parliament within a six-month period.

The Prime Minister spelt out a timeframe for elections a day after visiting US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca reiterated her government's support for strengthening Democracy in Nepal under the Constitutional process.

Rocca expressed the US government's support to Nepalese Democracy and fight against terror during her meetings with leaders of various political parties.

Chand also said that the recent Royal audience to leaders of two major parties, Girija Prasad Koirala and Madhav Kumar Nepal, will open doors for solving the present political crisis in the country, the report said.

"I am happy that they met the King and discussed the crisis facing the country," he said.

PTI