Kathmandu, Feb. 9 -- Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on Sunday that the ordinances would be presented in Parliament only after further discussions with political parties. He said consultations would take two to three more days.

"Now is not the time to count lawmakers," Oli said while speaking to journalists at the Parliament building when asked about the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-Nepal) opposing the ordinance despite being in the ruling side in Parliament.

The government had planned to table ordinances in both houses on Thursday, but the proposal was withdrawn at the last moment due to a lack of majority in the National Assembly. The ruling coalition, including Oli's CPN-UML, has 28 members in favour-16 from Congress, 10 from ...