Kathmandu, May 28 -- As happened last year, Parliament is again on the brink of a deadlock, this time just two days before the national budget announcement.

In 2024, when Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the Maoist Centre chairman, was preparing to present the budget for the fiscal year 2024-25, the then main opposition, the Nepali Congress, was obstructing Parliament demanding a parliamentary probe into home minister and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chief Rabi Lamichhane for cooperative fraud.

Last year, on May 28, the government was able to present the budget smoothly only after reaching an agreement with the opposition parties to form a parliamentary investigation committee.

This time, opposition parties Maoist Centre and the RS...