Digital Bureau, AnyTV, Kathmandu
Published by: Abhishek Dixit
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 06:39 PM IST
Summary
At the root of the controversy is the UML’s decision to expel 14 of its MPs from the party. The party took this decision in August last year. Then he had demanded that the Speaker take cognizance of his decision. While the expelled members formed a separate party.
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At the root of the controversy is the UML’s decision to expel 14 of its MPs from the party. The party took this decision in August last year. Then he had demanded that the Speaker take cognizance of his decision. While the expelled members formed a separate party. The speaker says that after the formation of the new party, he cannot issue notices to the expelled members from the former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli-led UML. Because of this there is a deadlock.
According to observers, this protest by the UML has generally stalled the proceedings of the Nepalese Parliament. In the last six months, only a national budget, four budget-related bills, and a resolution accepting funding from the American organization Millennium Challenge Corporation have been passed. UML announced on Saturday that it would continue to disrupt the proceedings of Parliament. Even after this, the chances of Parliament being able to function have reduced considerably.
Analysts have termed such interruption in Parliament proceedings as worrying for democracy. He has pointed out that the current House of Representatives has not been able to do almost any normal work for six months in its five-year term. Because of this, questions are now being raised on the parliamentary culture of Nepal. Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Daman Nath Dhunangana told the newspaper Kathmandu Post, ‘This is the anarchy of the UML. This has not only brought a blow to the highest institution of public representation, but it has also made a mockery of the mandate of the people. Dhunangana has suggested that an independent Ombudsman should now be appointed to check such activities.
Some other experts have also said that such interruptions in the proceedings of Parliament should not be tolerated. But UML leaders say they have a right to express their dissatisfaction in Parliament. It comes under the right to freedom of expression. Party’s chief whip Vishal Bhattarai said that injustice has been done to us. Neither the Parliament nor the Supreme Court has resolved our concerns. In such a situation, it is our compulsion to obstruct the parliamentary proceedings to create pressure.
Madhav Kumar Nepal was also among the 14 MPs expelled by the UML from the party. Nepal later formed a separate party called the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist), which is now part of the ruling coalition led by the Nepali Congress.