KATHMANDU: Taking part in the hearing on the dissolution of the House of Representatives (HoR), nonagenarian Senior Advocate Krishna Prasad Bhandari expressed his sadness at the Prime Minister’s decision to end parliament the devisee of the people and asked how the devisees could be deprived of their rights using the rights not granted by the constitution.

Senior Advocate argued that Prime Minister KP Oli has violated the sovereign right of the people to impose totalitarianism in the state.

“Parliament has been embroiled in a battle between the Prime Minister and his party, the PM dissolved the parliament to show the people of the party,” Senior Advocate Bhandari argued, “What was the fault of the parliament?”

The legendary lawyer suggested the bench to read the interpretation given by the Supreme Court on the dissolution of parliament by then Prime Minister Man Mohan Adhikari.

“The PM who says he was not allowed to work efficiently should have taken action against those who did not allow him to work, how can he punish the people who chose him as their ‘devisee’?” he asked.

The parliament should be given five years tenure to work and the PM should work in the confidence of the parliament.

Senior Advocate Bhandari argued that the PM has dissolved the HoR exercising the power not granted by the constitution and he tried to skip the ‘no confidence motion’ coming against him.