A day after the ruling coalition parties file an impeachment motion against Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, the main opposition CPN-UML is also preparing to file the impeachment motion against four justices.

The UML is preparing to file the impeachment motion against Justices Deepak Kumar Karki, Meera Khadka, Ishwor Khatiwada and Ananda Mohan Bhattarai who overturned then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's decision to dissolve the Parliament. 

The party has called a Parliamentary Party meeting at 11 am today to discuss the impeachment motion.

According to a source, the party is planning to collect signatures of the lawmakers to file an impeachment motion against the justices.

Earlier on Sunday, as many as 98 lawmakers of the Nepali Congress, CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist) registered impeachment motion against Chief Justice Rana.

During a Secretariat meeting held on Sunday evening, party Chairman KP Sharma Oli said that the impeachment motion should be filed against the justices who decided to reinstate the Parliament.

Claiming that Oli's move to dissolve the House was unconstitutional, a five-member constitutional bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana on July 12, 2021 issued a directive to appoint Sher Bahadur Deuba as the Prime Minister.

Deepak Kumar Karki, Meera Khadka, Ishwor Khatiwada and Ananda Mohan Bhattarai were the members of the constitutional bench.