S. Ramesh | | Published 13.01.21, 11:27 AM
For the Nepalese this must seem like the re-run of a show they’ve seen countless times before. Right from 1950 no prime minister has served a full term in office. Parliaments have inevitably been dissolved because of internal disputes in the ruling party of the day.
For now the different sides are holding public shows of strength. On Friday Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli held a rally in Dhangadi near the Uttar Pradesh border and on Saturday his supporters had staged a march through Kathmandu. His rivals Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Unified Marxist-Leninist) are also on the streets and claim to have a parliamentary majority.
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On December 20 last year, Nepal plunged into a political crisis after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, known for his pro-Beijing leanings, in a surprise move, recommended to dissolve the Parliament amid a tussle for power with former premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.
Immediately after Oli’s recommendations, President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House the same day and announced fresh polls on April 30 and May 10, fuming protests from a large column of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Prachanda, also a co-chair of the ruling party.
Although India has played down Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali’s New Delhi visit as routine he arrived on Thursday and substantive talks are scheduled for Friday there is speculation, especially in Nepal, about what the visit means. Gyawali is part of a caretaker government after PM K P Oli dissolved Parliament and ordered elections last month following intra-party dissensions. He is in New Delhi as part of the sixth India-Nepal Joint Commission meeting. Although the invitation was extended before Oli dissolved Parliament, New Delhi had the option of changing the dates for the meeting to until after the elections. The Joint Commission has the mandate of discussing a “gamut of issues”.
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The Himalayan republic plunged into a political crisis after Prime Minister K.P. Oli, faced with intra-party challenges, got Parliament dissolved
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The Himalayan republic plunged into a political crisis after Prime Minister K.P. Oli, faced with intra-party challenges, got Parliament dissolved
The abrupt decision by Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to get Parliament dissolved by the President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (a former party colleague of Mr. Oli) before its five-year term came as a jolt of surprise. The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) enjoys a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives of the federal Parliament and controls two-thirds or more seats in six of the seven provincial assemblies. This act of brinkmanship by Mr. Oli came about as a reaction to the internal strife within the NCP, which was formed in 2018 after the me
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Nepalâs Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Snapshot
With Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari accepting Oliâs recommendation to dissolve Parliament, the country is headed for a two-phase poll in April-May next year.
China seems set to suffer an embarrassing setback in Nepal. Desperate efforts by Beijing to keep the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) united is not bearing any fruit.
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