The decision to remove Oli from the party's general membership was taken at the Standing Committee meeting of the faction led by former prime ministers Prachanda and Madhav Kumar Nepal after Oli failed to produce explanation to his recent moves as sought by party leadership, sources said.
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Nepal political turmoil: PM Oli expelled from ruling NCP amid political unrest
Caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was removed from the ruling Nepal Communist Party by a Central Committee Meeting of the splinter group of the party on Sunday, amid a deepening political crisis post the dissolution of the Parliament.Â
Earlier on Friday, the rival faction leaders of the NCP had threatened to expel Oli s membership from the party as they took to the streets for the second time in less than a month to protest against his decision to dissolve the Parliament on December 20 last year, calling for fresh elections for April and May this year amid the political unrest in the country.
This comes amid repeated threats by the rival faction leaders who had said that they would revoke Oli's membership over his decision to dissolve the Parliament.
April 14, 2021 last updated 8:45 ET Supporters of a splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party gather to demand the ouster of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and the reinstatement of Parliament, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Dec. 29, 2020 (AP photo by Niranjan Shrestha).
Oli’s Power Grab Endangers Nepal’s Fragile Democratic Transition
The aftershocks of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s decision last month to dissolve the lower house of Nepal’s Parliament and call for early elections are still being felt throughout the country. Oli’s controversial move, designed to thwart growing demands for him to leave office, has been widely criticized including within his own Nepal Communist Party, or NCP for contravening Nepal’s 2015 constitution. His insistence on maintaining power marks a potentially dangerous juncture along Oli’s drift toward authoritarianism, and could reverse democratic gains Nepal has made since its 10-year civil war ended
Updated Jan 19, 2021 | 23:25 IST
More than a dozen writ petitions have been registered at the apex court against the dissolution of the lower house of Nepal Parliament. Representational Image. | Photo Credit: ANI
Kathmandu: Nepal s Supreme Court will continue the hearing on Wednesday on writ petitions filed against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
The case is being heard by a five-member Constitutional Bench of the apex court led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shamsher Rana.
According to
Khabarhub, more than a dozen writ petitions have been registered at the apex court against the dissolution of the lower house. The participating lawyers had argued on the constitution doesn t have a provision for the dissolution of Parliament on Tuesday s hearing.