Sher Bahadur Deuba takes oath as Nepal’s new Prime Minister

A large number of Oli supporters gathered and shouted slogans against the apex court's verdict. A total of 146 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) had reached out to Supreme Court with a writ petition to demand the restoration of the house and appoint Sher Bahadur Deuba, as the next prime minister on May 24. 

New Delhi: Nepal Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday (July 13) took oath as Prime Minister of Nepa at President's office, Shital Niwas. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath to Deuba, who is also president of the Nepali Congress (NC) and leader of the NC parliamentary party, reported Khabarhub. Earlier, the apex court in its verdict ordered Bhandari to appoint Deuba as the successor of now caretaker Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. Dissatisfied with the judgement of the top court, supporters of Oli staged a protest against the order to reinstate the dissolved House of Representatives (HoR). A large number of Oli supporters gathered and shouted slogans against the apex court's verdict. A total of 146 members of the House of Representatives (HoR) had reached out to Supreme Court with a writ petition to demand the restoration of the house and appoint Sher Bahadur Deuba, as the next prime minister on May 24.  This was after Nepal President had refused to allow Deuba to form a new government as per Article 76 (5) and dissolution of the House.With Oli failing to secure the vote of confidence on May 10, Bhandari on May 13 had appointed Oli as prime minister under Article 76 (3) of the constitution as the leader of the party with the highest number of members in the House.