Nepal, Feb. 24 -- The KP Sharma Oli government is struggling to endorse ordinances it recently introduced. Of the six ordinances it brought, the ordinance on land has been widely criticised. The Post's Thira Lal Bhusal sat down with land rights activist Jagat Deuja, who is also the executive director at the Community Self Reliance Centre, an NGO, to talk about the controversial land ordinance and overall land rights issue in the country.

Why did Oli's land-related ordinance court controversy?

It drew controversy mainly because it was introduced through ordinance. Otherwise, based on the content, it should not have been so controversial. The ordinance aims to address some practical problems in implementing the provisions included in prev...