Uproar, opposition in Nepal after Oli dissolves Parliament

TIL Desk/World/Kathmandu/ Nepal Prime Minister KP Olis decision to dissolve Parliament has led to controversy, uproar and opposition in the Himalayan nation. On the recommendation of Oli’s Cabinet, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Friday midnight dissolved the House and declared snap polls for November 12 and 19.

The decision is likely to polarise the politics of Himalayan nation for the time-being, where opinions are largely divided over whether elections can take place or not. Another looming question is whether to take part in the elections which, according to some, are carried out in an unconstitutional and undemocratic way.

“Dissolution of the House is an attempt to political coup and declaration of so-called elections is a fraud,” former Prime Minister and ruling party leader Madhav Kumar Nepal said in a statement on Saturday. Though Oli and Nepal are in the same party, the latter’s faction is running a parallel structure after serious differences erupted between the two.

Oli is the chairman of Nepal Communist Party —UML. “This is regression and this is also the attempt to rape Parliament. The President’s Office has hit back the Constitution. This is regression part two. I condemned the act of the Prime Minister and have asked all to protest against it,” said Nepal.