Opposition Parties Criticize Government's Working Style in Parliament

Kathmandu. Opposition parties have criticized the government's working style. 

In the first meeting of the House of Representatives' monsoon session, which began on Monday, opposition party lawmakers raised questions about the government's working style and protested. 

 They expressed dissatisfaction with the ordinances brought by the government and the government's work to remove disorganized slum settlements. 

In the meeting, Congress's Niskal Rai objected, saying that the draft of the House of Representatives' regulations was being pushed forward in a way that would give special exemption to lawmakers in corruption cases. 

He demanded that the controversial provision of the regulations, which contradicts the Akhtiyar and Corruption Prevention Act, be removed.  Lawmaker Rai said that a powerful government close to two-thirds majority was trying to weaken the parliament by bringing ordinances. He also objected to the provisions mentioned in the Constitutional Council-related ordinance. 

In the meeting, CPN-UML lawmaker Padma Kumari Aryal questioned, saying that the new thinking is an attempt by the executive to impose arbitrariness by sidelining the parliament. 

She said that the government was trying to escape questions raised against it by postponing the meeting after the parliament was convened and bringing ordinances. She expressed the view that the government had strangled the judiciary in the recommendation of the Chief Justice. Lawmaker Aryal said that serious questions have been raised about the government's intentions by infringing upon the rights of students and employees by restricting political beliefs. 

Similarly, in the meeting, Nepali Communist Party lawmaker Yuvraj Dulal said that the government is moving towards autocracy and must be held accountable.  He expressed the view that the government has ridiculed the significance of consensus by trapping the Constitutional Council in a game of majority by bringing ordinances. 

Lawmaker Dulal also accused the government of forcing citizens to commit suicide by showing bulldozer terror. 

Similarly, Shram Sanskriti Party lawmaker Harkaraj Sampang Rai questioned why the government is silent when India opens a border in Lipulekh.  Lawmaker Rai also asked whether the army was sent to protect the border or to remove poor people living in slum settlements. 

Similarly, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) lawmaker Khushbu Oli protested against the government demolishing houses and huts without properly managing the squatters.  She protested the very word 'rescue' of squatters, saying that there is a class even in death.