Kathmandu, March 4 -- The government is set to present five ordinances at the House of Representatives scheduled for 1 pm Wednesday. The ruling coalition has already issued a whip to its MPs, instructing them to attend the session and remain until the ordinances are voted on.

The whip was sent out by the chief whip of the Nepali Congress, Shyam Ghimire, via SMS, urging all party MPs to attend the session without fail. The message, seen by the Post, explicitly stated that their presence is compulsory for the approval of the ordinances to be presented in the session.

The CPN-UML has also issued a similar directive to its lawmakers. With 88 MPs from Congress and 78 from UML in the House of Representatives, the government holds a majority, ...