Nepal caretaker PM urges poll panel to expedite preparations for elections ANI | Updated: Feb 09, 2021 21:48 IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 9 (ANI): With growing rage against the dissolution of the lower house of NepalParliament, caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli met Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday, urging him to expedite preparations for the elections slated for April 30 and May 10 this year.
Oli on Tuesday reached the office of the electoral body to take an update about the preparations for the elections. He met Chief Election Commissioner and other officials. He (Oli) held a discussion with Chief Election Commissioner and other commissioners about preparations that are being made for election. He was briefed about the matter by Chief EC Dinesh Thapaliya and also urged the commission to keep up the pace for the upcoming election, Surya Thapa, press advisor to now caretaker Prime Minister told reporters.
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The Nepal Communist Party, which has not split formally but has virtually fallen apart after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli unilaterally decided to dissolve the House of Representatives on December 20 without the party s consent.
The Prachanda faction of the Nepal Communist Party has taken a disciplinary action against Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and removed him from the party s general membership.
A Standing Committee meeting of the faction held on Sunday decided to expel Oli from the party, its spokesperson Narayan Kaji Shrestha told the media.
The dissident faction has alleged Oli breached the party discipline and is liable to expulsion from the party. It had earlier relieved him from the post of party Chairman.
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Amid increasing political unrest following his decision to dissolve the lower house of the Parliament, the rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Sunday removed caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from the party.
The rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) on Sunday removed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from the party, amid increasing political unrest following his decision to dissolve the lower house of the Parliament. According to the rival factions spokesperson Narayankaji Shrestha,