The 75-year-old veteran politician and Nepali Congress President took the oath of office and secrecy from President Bidya Devi Bhandari during a swearing-in ceremony at the President's Office, Sheetal Niwas, which was delayed by over two hours.
In another setback for KP Oli, Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for a second time in nearly five months.
Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu organised a special programme on Monday to observe the 7th International Day of Yoga. The programme was organised virtually as part of its ongoing celebration of India@75 'Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav'.
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli lost a trust vote in the House of Representatives on Monday, in a fresh setback to the embattled premier seeking to tighten his grip on power after the CPN (Maoist Centre) led by Pushpakamal Dahal “Prachanda” withdrew support to his government.
The CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre) merged in May 2018 to form a unified Nepal Communist Party following victory of their alliance in the 2017 general elections.
Addressing an event in his home district, Jhapa, Prime Minister Oli challenged the Prachanda-led faction to table a vote of no-confidence motion and endorse that, My Republica newspaper reported.
Nepal's Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives, in a major setback to embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli who was preparing for snap polls amidst a tussle for power with his rivals in the ruling communist party.
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Monday said that the ongoing border disputes with India will be resolved through diplomatic talks.
Nepal caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was removed the ruling Communist Party by a Central Committee Meeting of the splinter group of the party on Sunday, as the political crisis after the dissolution of the parliament in Nepal deepens.
Amid efforts to restore normalcy in bilateral relations that soured over a bitter border row, Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said on Sunday that he will get back the territories of Kalapani, Limpiyadhura and Lipulekh from India.
Concerned over the recent political crisis in Nepal following the dissolution of the House of Representatives, a high-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) delegation arrived in Kathmandu and started marathon meetings with the top leadership of the Himalayan nation.
A Constitutional bench headed by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana will hear on Friday all petitions challenging Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's move to abruptly dissolve Parliament.
The ruling Nepal Communist Party's Central Committee faction led by Executive Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Tuesday removed Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli from the post of chairman and decided to take disciplinary action against him, virtually splitting the party more than two years after its formation.
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli's chief advisor and his other two aides have contracted coronavirus that has claimed 528 lives and infected over 84,500 people in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of 74th Independence Day received a call from Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Stoking a controversy, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said real Ayodhya was in Nepal and not India. He also went on to say that Lord Ram was a Nepali and not Indian. "Real Ayodhya lies in Nepal, not in India. Lord Ram is Nepali, not Indian," news agency ANI quoted Nepali media as saying.
Prime Minister Oli on Sunday said that there have been various kinds of activities in the "embassies and hotels" to remove him from power. He said some Nepalese leaders were also involved in the game. Accusing the southern neighbour and leaders of his own party by the Prime Minister was not appropriate, a senior leader of the party quoted Prachanda as saying during the meeting.
His claim comes in midst of a raging boundary row between the two countries with India sternly asking Nepal not to resort to any "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims after the Kathmandu released a new political map laying claim over Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.
Nepal has put its new map showing the Indian territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura on hold, after a constitutional amendment pushed by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli failed to garner enough support
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been admitted to a hospital here following an increased heart rate. Oli, 69, was taken to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital for a medical check-up as he had irregular heartbeats Thursday night.
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