Opposition MPs Criticize Government Over National Sovereignty, Human Rights, and Governance

Kathmandu. In the meeting of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, opposition party MPs made serious accusations against the government and strongly criticized it. 

Opposition MPs strongly protested the government over nationality, people's livelihoods, human rights, and the government's style of work. They also raised serious questions about the suspicious parking of vehicles in front of some media houses and leaders' houses in the capital on Monday, claiming that this act was done at the government's behest.

However, ruling party MPs refuted the opposition's accusations and challenged them to present evidence.

Speaking in the meeting, CPN-UML MP Ganesh Singh Thagunna accused the Prime Minister of making statements detrimental to the country, despite the government's responsibility to protect Nepal's dignity and territorial integrity. 

Thagunna objected to the Prime Minister's statement on Kalapani, Lipulek, and Limpiyadhura, stating that it hurt Nepali national dignity and sought to legitimize India's encroachment.

 He said that the poor were being wronged by bulldozing settlements of the landless and that the state machinery was operating with vengeance. He protested the act of creating mental distress by parking suspicious vehicles in front of the media sector and the residences and offices of political leaders. 

He said that although this incident may seem small symbolically, it felt like the beginning of state terror reminiscent of the Panchayat-era 'Mandale' rule. He stated that the government should take strict action against those involved in the act. 

Rastriya Prajatantra Party MP Gyannendra Bahadur Shahi accused the government of suppressing citizens who question the country and of deploying state-sponsored goons to create mental distress by parking vehicles in front of opposition leaders and media houses.

 Shahi demanded that the law be equal for all, citing violations of traffic rules by the Prime Minister and Home Minister. He expressed anger over the government's negligence in the treatment of Ganesh Nepali, who self-immolated, and the treatment he received as if he were a criminal.

Similarly, Shram Sanskriti Party MP Aren Rai recalled the Prime Minister's threatening statement on social media when he was the Mayor of Kathmandu, saying 'I will burn down Singha Durbar,' and accused him of being irresponsible on the issue of nationality while holding the country's highest position. 'The Prime Minister said yesterday that he would burn down Singha Durbar, and today he is standing at the rostrum making light comments about our borders being encroached upon,' Rai said, 'This creates a fear that our borders might be further encroached upon by neighbors.'

MP Rai claimed that the current government is not in favor of the poor, laborers, and the downtrodden. He said that the government has troubled the Pathao riders, the landless, and small entrepreneurs by extending its 'greedy hand'. 

In the meeting, Congress MP Nishkal Rai also protested, calling the government's style autocratic. He said that the government was trying to restrict freedom of expression and that the government, in its arrogance of state power, was trying to silence the citizens.

Rai warned the government that the arrogance of a majority of 182 seats does not give it a license to violate the constitution and laws. He also strongly criticized the incident of creating terror by parking vehicles in front of media houses and leaders' houses.

On the other hand, ruling party MPs claimed that the opposition's accusations were baseless. MP Tika Sangraula demanded proof for the accusation that the state orchestrated the vehicle parking. She raised a point of order, stating that it was wrong to blame the entire state for the actions of one individual.

Another RSP MP objected to the opposition leader's use of the phrase 'ladder of corpses' and demanded that the word be removed from the parliamentary record. He said that this government came to power through popular mandate and that the opposition had used insulting language.

RSP MP Amaresh Kumar Singh also expressed his views in the meeting. Singh emphasized the need for all political parties to unite and determine national issues, stating that youth are filled with despair and that it is not possible to live in the country.