: Nepal: Setback for KP Oli as Supreme Court directs president to appoint Sher Bahadur Deuba as PM #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday restored the dissolved House of Representatives and

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Nepal: Setback for KP Oli as Supreme Court directs president to appoint Sher Bahadur Deuba as PM #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday restored the dissolved House of Representatives and ordered President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba as the country’s prime minister by Tuesday, The Kathmandu Post reported. Deuba will have to win a vote of confidence within a month of his appointment. This the second time in five months that the court has reinstated the House. It had taken a similar action in February as well.Bhandari had dissolved the Parliament on May 21 and ordered fresh elections in six months. The decision was based on the recommendations of caretaker Prime Minister KP Oli’s Cabinet. Neither Oli nor the Opposition have been able to demonstrate a majority to form a new government in Nepal. On Monday, a constitutional bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana said Bhandari’s decision was unconstitutional, according to PTI.The Supreme Court also ordered that a new session of the House of Representatives be called on July 18. The verdict came as a setback for Oli, who had been preparing for snap elections to be held in November.Also read: Nepal president dissolves Parliament, announces fresh elections in NovemberThe court heard a batch of petitions challenging the dissolution of the House. One of them was filed by the alliance led by...Read more

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