Five-party alliance to wage legal, political fights against House dissolution

KATHMANDU, May 22: An alliance of the opposition parties including the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC), CPN (Maoist Center), the Madhav Nepal-led faction of the ruling CPN-UML, the Upendra Yadav-led faction of Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Rastriya Janamorcha has termed Saturday’s House dissolution move by President Biday Devi Bhandari, at the recommendation of the Cabinet, as unconstitutional, undemocratic, autocratic and regressive.