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KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal's parliament approved a U.S. infrastructure grant of $500 million which critics say undermines the Himalayan nation's sovereignty as protesters opposed to the proposed funds clashed with police, officials and witnesses said on Sunday.
Lawmakers in Nepal voted in favor of the $500-million grant by Washington for new road and power projects. But its opponents say the US move undermines Nepal's sovereignty.
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1 Back In Saddle: The appointment of Deuba as the Prime Minister is merely another stage of the political instability that has characterised Nepal. Reuters
Manjeev Singh Puri
Former Ambassador to Nepal
On July 12, Nepal’s Supreme Court resurrected the country’s House of Representatives for the second time in six months. Given an earlier ruling that had underscored the need for all efforts to keep the House going for its full term, and interim verdicts interdicting PM KP Sharma Oli’s new inductions as ministers from discharging their duties, this verdict was not surprising. But the court also annulled Oli’s caretaker PM role and ordered the appointment of Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress as the next PM, something that some see as judicial overreach, as floor tests are the usual route in parliamentary democracies.