Thousands Protest in Nepal Against PM's Dissolution of Parliament
The protesters, who say Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's decision on December 20 was unconstitutional, rallied outside his office despite coronavirus curbs on gatherings. Kathmandu: Thousands of opponents of Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli marched through the streets of Kathmandu on Tuesday urging him to withdraw his decision to dissolve parliament and call for early elections. The protesters, who say his decision on December 20 was unconstitutional, rallied outside his office despite coronavirus curbs on gatherings. Oli says internal squabbling and a lack of cooperation from his party has paralysed decision-making, forcing him to seek a fresh popular mandate. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)