Kathmandu, March 26 -- Opposition parties on Wednesday obstructed the House of Representatives, demanding answers from Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli regarding the dismissal of Kulman Ghising as managing director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).

The session, originally scheduled for 11 am, began late, with opposition members immediately protesting. Parties, including the CPN (Maoist Centre), Rastriya Swatantra Party, and Rastriya Prajatantra Party, protested the Cabinet's decision in the lower house.

Speaker Devraj Ghimire allowed CPN (Maoist Centre) lawmaker Shakti Bahadur Basnet to speak. Basnet criticised the government for prioritising vested interests and middlemen over the country's changing needs, and accusing the governme...