Explainer: What Nepal Prime Minister Oli Hopes to Achieve by Dissolving Parliament
The power-tussle between Oli and Prachanda of the Nepal Communist Party has now resulted in Nepal going for mid-term elections once again.
UML leader K.P. Oli (left) shaking hands with CPN-Maoist Centre leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal âPrachandaâ. Photo: Reuters
Kathmandu: In an unprecedented move, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli recommended on Sunday the dissolution of the House of Representatives and that mid-term elections should be held on April 30 and May 10, 2021. Oli came to power in 2018 with two-thirds support in parliament, becoming the first prime minister in the last three the decade to receive such a historic mandate.