Prez Bhandari

President of the now dissolved House of Representatives, Women and Social Welfare Committee, Nirudevi Pal, today returned the vehicle she had been using as the committee president.

Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed the belief that the Supreme Court would give justice on the writ petition filed by majority number of parliamentarians including him for the protection of constitution and democracy.

Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota has called a meeting of former speakers to hold discussions on various issues including the dissolution of the House.

Twenty-three lawmakers of the Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of CPN UML have signed on to file a writ petition at the Supreme Court against the government’s recent move to dissolve the House of Representatives.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has stated that the annual budget will be announced through an ordinance. During a press meet in Baluwatar today, he mentioned that the budget will be announced through ordinance on Jestha 15 (May 29).

The opposition parties will be filing a writ petition against the the President’s move to dissolve the House of Representatives on Monday.

During a press meet organised today, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stated that nobody could question the rights bestowed on the president.

Five student unions have decided to protest against President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s move to dissolve the House of Representatives (HoR) and the government’s lackadaisical way of handling the COVID-19 threat.

Nepali Ambassador to the European Union, Gehendra Rajbhandari, has urged the European Commission to help Nepal in its fight against COVID-19.

The country witnessed PM Oli losing the vote of confidence that he had sought in the Parliament.