Nepalese president dissolves lower chamber of parliament

Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House of Representatives and announced that mid-term polls would be held on November 12 and 19.

Report informs, citing foreign media, that this comes after Bhandari rejected the claims of both Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli and opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba for government formation. While Oli claimed that he had the support of 153 lawmakers, including members of the Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepali Congress president Deuba submitted signatures of 149 parliamentarians comprising 27 members of the CPN-UML rival faction led by Madhav Kumar Nepal.

It is the second time in five months that the Lower chamber of the Nepalese parliament was dissolved. On December 20 last year, Prime Minister Oli declared the chamber's dissolution and called for snap elections on April 30 and May 10. But on February 23, the Supreme Court annulled this decision, calling it unconstitutional.