Nepal’s Election Commission postpones November’s parliamentary poll after Supreme Court reinstates dissolved House

The apex court overturned embattled PM Oli’s decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and ordered the appointment of Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister.

Nepal’s Election Commission on Tuesday postponed the parliamentary election scheduled for November 12 and 19 in the country following the reinstatement of the House of Representatives by the Supreme Court. The apex court on Monday overturned embattled Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli’s May 21 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and ordered the appointment of Opposition leader Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister. The election scheduled for November following the dissolution of the House of Representatives will not be held immediately as the Parliament has been reinstated, Election Commission spokesperson Raj Kumar Shrestha said.