Opposition files plea in SC for reinstatement of House, naming Sher Bahadur Deuba as Nepal PM

Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba (File photo)

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s opposition alliance on Monday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court demanding restoration of the House of Representatives and appointment of Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba as PM.
Leaders of the alliance moved court two days after President Bidya D Bhandari dissolved the 275-member House on the recommendations of PM K P Sharma Oli In the writ, the petitionersdemanded that Deuba should be lawfully appointed the PM in accordance with Article 76 (5) of the Constitution of Nepal. Their other demands include the scrapping of the announcement of polls in November and to stop poll-related programmes amid the pandemic, it said. The petitioners noted that the dissolution was “unconstitutional”. About 146 members of the dissolved House have signed the petition, Kathmandu Post reported.