Kathmandu, July 17 -- One of the major criticisms the KP Sharma Oli government faced was that it tried to rule the country through ordinances. He issued 15 of them, including one for the federal budget for the fiscal year 2021-22, in the last one year.

Not just the opposition bloc led by the Nepali Congress, but also leaders from his own party CPN-UML criticised Oli for promoting undemocratic practices by issuing one ordinance after another. Even the Supreme Court intervened, quashing the ordinance issued to amend the Citizenship Act-2006 saying that the laws with long-term implications shouldn't be introduced by bypassing Parliament.

In an attempt to address the demands of the Mahantha Thakur faction of Janata Samajbadi Party, which Ol...