The Parliament of Nepal was dissolved by King Gyanendra

Gyanendra of Nepal

Gyanendra Shah was the last King of Nepal. During his life, he has held the title of the King twice: first between 1950 and 1951 as a child when his grandfather Tribhuvan was forced into exile in India with the rest of his family; and from 2001 to 2008, following the Nepalese royal massacre.King...

 in 2002, on the grounds that it was incapable of handling the Maoist rebels. The country's five main political parties

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

 have staged protests against the king, arguing that he must either call fresh elections or reinstate the elected legislature. In 2004 the king announced that parliamentary elections would be held within twelve months; in April 2006, in response to major pro-democratic protests

2006 democracy movement in Nepal

The 2006 Democracy Movement is a name given to the political agitations against the direct and undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The movement is also sometimes referred to as Jana Andolan-II , implying it being a continuation of the 1990 Jana Andolan.-Reinstitution of Parliament:In a...

, it was announced that Parliament would be reestablished.