Former Nepalese Minister Matrika Yadav on Indiaâs response to Oliâs âconstitutional coupâ
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On 20 December 2020, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli and Bidhya Devi Bhandariâthe prime minister and president of Nepal, respectivelyâdissolved the countryâs parliament, sparking a constitutional crisis. The leaders opposing the decision have claimed that Oliâs act is against the spirit of the Nepalese constitution whose 76th section only allows dissolution when all other options have been exhausted. They use the term âpratigaman,â or regression, for it. On 23 February 2021, the Supreme Court of Nepal he will not step down as Prime Minister, prolonging the constitutional crisis.
PM Oli stands exposed after Supreme Court reversed his decision to dissolve Parliament
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of Nepal quite rightly overturned Prime Minister K.P. Oli’s decision to unilaterally dissolve Parliament in December 2020 and which was later approved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari. The ostensible reason for Mr. Oli’s decision, clearly without any merit, was inner party intrigue within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP). The Court correctly observed that there was the possibility of the formation of a new government in case Mr. Oli did not enjoy the confidence of Parliament, and therefore ruled his decision unconstitutional. The NCP has since then fractured politically into two factions, one led by Mr. Oli and the other by Pushpa Kumar Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal, both former Prime Ministers who belonged to the erstwhile Nepali Maoists and the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), respectively. These parties had merged into the
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Nepal [Kathmandu], February 10 (ANI): Rival faction of ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal will hold a mass rally on Wednesday in Kathmandu against Nepal s caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli s decision of Parliament dissolution.
According to Khabarhub, the disgruntled faction will take out rallies against the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR) from five different places prior to converging into a mass meeting at Bhrikuti Mandap.
Narayan Kaji Shrestha, the spokesperson of the NCP, said the rallies will be taken out from Pulchowk, Tripureshwor, Maitighar Mandala, Kaiser Mahal, and Jamal and a huge mass assembly will be held at Bhrikuti Mandap, Khabarhub reported.
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