President dissolves House of Representatives, sets new date for general election

President Bidya Devi Bhandari has dissolved the House of Representatives and set new dates for the mid-term general election in May at the recommendation of Prime Minister K  P Oli.

President Bhandari has announced April 30 for the first phase and May 10 for the second phase of the mid-term election. 

In the meantime, feuding leaders of the ruling party have called the move ‘undemocratic’.

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