The Nepal government on Thursday postponed the date of local-level elections in the disputed Madhesi-stronghold province number two by nearly three months, adding a third phase in the polls. With the move, which came following a Cabinet meeting, the polls will now be held in three phases of which the first phase was concluded in provinces 3, 4 and 6 on May 14. <br/><br/>The second phase in Province 1, 5 and 7 will be held on June 28 and the third phase in Province 2 on September 18. The local-level elections are being taken place across Nepal after a gap of 20 years. They should be held in every five years but due to political instability, they were halted since May 1997.<br/><br/>The government and the agitating Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJP-N), agreed on the postponement of the elections in Province number 2 following a joint meeting held on Thursday.