“If you don’t want to run the government, you should resign, not dissolve the parliament.”

Kathmandu. Senior Advocate Shambhu Thapa has said that the Prime Minister does not have the right to dissolve the parliament.

Debating on the writ petition against the dissolution of the House of Representatives today (Tuesday), Senior Advocate Thapa also clarified that the Prime Minister and the Parliament would not end without going to the Parliament. He said, “The Prime Minister and the Parliament will not end without going to the House.” The prime minister has no right to dissolve parliament if he does not want to run the government. ‘

Advocate Thapa said that the House of Representatives was suddenly dissolved when time came to convene a session of Parliament, adding that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had taken unconstitutional steps. Similarly, he strongly criticized the written reply given by the Prime Minister on the reasons for the dissolution of the parliament and said that the dissolution of the parliament is an obligation and a right. They have even asked questions.

President Bidhyadevi Bhandari had dissolved the parliament on December 19 on the recommendation of Prime Minister Oli. Against this, 13 writ petitions filed in the Supreme Court are being heard in the Constitutional Court.

Judges including Chief Justice Chholendra Shamsher Rana, Bishwambhar Prasad Shrestha, Anil Kumar Sinha, Sapna Pradhan Malla and Tej Bahadur KC are in the Constitutional Court.