KATHMANDU, 22 May, 2021, (TON): President Bidya Devi Bhandari dissolved the House of Representatives and announced mid-term elections for November 12 and 19. 

A midnight Cabinet meeting had made the recommendation to dissolve the House after the prospect of forming a new government has ended. 
The President's Office said in a statement, "President Bidya Devi Bhandari, on the recommendation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, has dissolved the House of Representatives as per Article 76 (7) of the Constitution of Nepal and called the mid-term elections for Nov. 12 and 19."  

Under Article 76 (7) of the Constitution of Nepal, the president shall dissolve the lower house and call for new election, as suggested by the prime minister, if the incumbent premier fails to obtain a vote of confidence or a new one cannot be appointed. 

The move followed a notice from the Office of the President that it could apppoint neither KP Sharma Oli, the incumbent prime minister, nor Sher Bahadur Deuba, Nepali Congress president, as claims made by both to form a new government were insufficient. 

Bhandari on Thursday called on the opposition parties to form a new majority government, as recommended by Oli. 

Earlier, K P Sharma Oli was reappointed as Nepal Prime Minister on May 13 after the Opposition parties failed to secure majority seats in Parliament to form a new government. 

The House of Representatives, which has 271 members, was formed in elections held in November and December in 2017.