1904 Sher Bahadur Deuba. Reuters file
Nepal has been in turmoil ever since President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House of Representatives in December last year on the recommendation of the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Though the Supreme Court had restored the House in February this year, the defiant President dissolved it in May again as recommended by Oli and announced snap polls in November. Now, following another intervention by the apex court, Sher Bahadur Deuba has taken charge as the PM. On Monday, a five-member Constitutional Bench rightly pronounced that the President’s decision to dissolve the House was an unconstitutional act.
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