Nepal, Jan. 3 -- Dissolution of the parliament itself is not a dictatorial move if there is a reasonable reason.

Is Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's decision to dissolve the parliament and call for a fresh mandate from the sovereign people a dictatorial move? Or is it a democratic move? In a democracy, people are given the opportunity to decide the fate of the nation through the right to vote in election, whereas dictatorship is run by a single individual without polling.

In democracy, sovereign people have the ultimate rights to decide the destiny of the nation. Nepal's constitution clearly states "we, the people of Nepal, in exercise of the sovereign powers inherent in us. embracing the sovereign right of the people" promulgate the cons...