Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- A meeting of the ruling parties on Saturday decided to table five of the six ordinances in the National Assembly on Tuesday after agreeing to drop the disputed land-related ordinance.

"Following strong protests and opposition within the ruling alliance, the government has decided to shelve the plan to table the ordinance related to land. But five other ordinances will be tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday," said Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak.

Two ruling parties-the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-N) and the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP) led by Upendra Yadav and Mahantha Thakur, respectively-had opposed the land ordinance. Some individual leaders within the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML, the two ruling ...