Kathmandu, June 16 -- The KP Sharma Oli administration, which has been facing criticism for increasingly becoming intolerant, is now in a bid to make Singha Durbar--the country's administrative hub--out of bounds to the general public.

In recent days, entering Singha Durbar has become quite difficult for visitors and journalists, which officials at the Ministry of Home Affairs say is due to a plan to restrict movement in view of security concerns.

When the country adopted the new constitution and federalism in 2015, the one slogan that political parties kept repeating was that the change would take "Singha Durbar to people's doorsteps". This meant, in principle, that the government would work closely with the people, that the government...