KATHMANDU, Dec 24: The Supreme Court is hearing a supplemental petition today filed by 68 lawmakers from the Nepali Congress (NC) and other Madhesh-based parties, demanding the restoration of the House of Representatives (HoR).
The petition carries signatures of 65 NC MPs and three others from the Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP), Janamat Party, and independent MPs. The lawmakers submitted their signatures on Tuesday through former Attorney General Khamm Bahadur Khati.
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Earlier, on December 9, eight NC MPs led by Chief Whip Shyamkumar Ghimire had filed a petition seeking to include other interested MPs. Following that, 60 more MPs joined. Once approved, these MPs will formally join the main NC petition.
Against the HoR dissolution, 75 CPN-UML lawmakers had already submitted signatures. With 75 UML and 68 NC-allied MPs, a total of 143 lawmakers, out of a total of 275 lawmakers of the dissolved House, now support restoring the HoR.
In the 275-member House, 138 MPs are needed to form a government. NC and UML officials said the presence of a majority of lawmakers in court could facilitate the decision-making process.
Signatures under NC leadership also include small party MPs: JSP’s Hasina Khan, Janamat Party’s Goma Labh Sapkota, and independent MP Yogendra Mandal. The UML had filed its petition on November 26, and the NC MPs separately on December 9.
