House dissolution: Nepal Opposition moves SC
House dissolution: Nepal Opposition moves SC
Agencies / Updated: May 25, 2021, 06:00 IST
Supreme Court against Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s decision to dissolve
Parliament, holding the mid-term elections and President Bidhya Devi Bhandaris rejection to appoint the opposition leader as the
next prime minister.
On May 21, President Bhandari dissolved the
House at the recommendation of the Oli government and announced the mid-term elections for November 12 and 19.
Nepali Congress President and leader of the opposition party,
Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chairman of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Chairman of the Janata Samajbadi Party Uprendra Yadav, former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and dozens of other leaders and lawmakers had moved the Supreme Court.