Kathmandu, March 3 -- led coalition government faces a major hurdle in passing six ordinances due to its lack of a majority in the National Assembly. As a way out, it is contemplating introducing a bill to amend the Political Parties Act-2017 to make it easy for a party split thus exerting pressure on smaller parties that are unsupportive of the ordinances.

Speaking anonymously, a senior leader from the Nepali Congress said that the government feels compelled to act as fringe parties were using their few seats to obstruct necessary legislation despite the ruling allies the Congress and the CPN-UML commanding a thumping majority in the House of Representatives.

"These parties, though they represent a small fraction of the electorate, are...