Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- Unless there is an emergency, Parliament meetings are rarely held in Nepal on Saturdays. But Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who completed his two years in office on Saturday, wanted to address the House. Since Friday's House meeting ended after passing a condolence message on the death of Durga Prasad Upadhyay, a National Assembly member from Nepali Congress, Oli rescheduled his address for Saturday.

Oli was keen on listing his administration's "achievements" this time as he was unable to address Parliament last year, when he had completed his first year in office, as the Nepali Congress obstructed the House proceedings.

This time, Oli, in his speech which lasted one hour and 10 minutes, tried to present a rosy pict...