House endorses government's policies and programmes as Congress accuses Speaker of siding with ruling party
Kathmandu, May 8 -- In a rare event in the country's parliamentary history, the government's policies and programmes were endorsed without the prime minister answering the counter-questions by lawmakers on Tuesday, as the Speaker continued the meeting of the House of Representatives, ignoring the concerns raised by the main opposition.
As Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepped up to the rostrum to answer questions, Nepali Congress lawmakers stood from their seats, demanding that some of his comments be removed from the parliament records because they were derogatory. Oli had begun his answer saying, "I will leave aside some trivial comments emanating from anger and complexes and rather address other concerns."
Congress lawmakers immediate...
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