KATHMANDU: The winter session of the National Assembly has been prorogued from Sunday.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers held this morning had decided to recommend the President for the prorogation of the Upper House effective from Sunday midnight.
The winter session of the upper house was summoned as the Parliament session should be summoned at least once every six months as per the provision of the Constitution.
The House of Representatives is currently dissolved.
Earlier, addressing the National Assembly, Prime Minister KP Oli had reiterated his assertion to justify his move of dissolving the House of Representatives (HoR) saying that it was the need of the hour.
“Now that with the House being dissolved, the country heads towards the election of the HoR,” Prime Minister Oli said in his address to the NA on Sunday.
Prime Minister Oli said that the people would not get new leadership.
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