Writ petition against nine-point pact between PM Oli, Dahal

Kathmandu / May 9 : A writ petition has been filed at the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday against the nine-point agreement reached between Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal last Thursday.

The joint writ filed by advocates Ananta Raj Luitel, Kedar Luitel, Manoj Khadka, Pravindra Raj Joshi and Rudra Pathak has named the government and Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers as the defendants.

The petitioners in the writ demanded mandamus order to stop the two-party agreement from being enforced. The writ argues that the agreement was made against the principle of independent judiciary and also without abiding by the constitution.

CPN-UML Chairperson and Prime Minister Oli and UCPN (Maoist) Chairperson Dahal on May 5 had signed a nine-point deal to supposedly strengthen the ruling alliance. RSS