Kathmandu, June 19 -- Days after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli returned from a week-long trip to Europe, lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties have criticised his administration's handling of foreign policy.

Speaking at a regular session of the House while deliberating on the budget allocated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ruling party lawmakers questioned the "independence and efficacy" of the Oli administration's foreign policy conduct.

"We talk about non-alignment, but sometimes we tilt south and at other times, we tilt north," said Janardan Sharma, a senior ruling party leader. "Sometimes, we are even running towards the west. This shows that we are not conducting our diplomacy as per the principle of non-alignme...