Kathmandu, March 2 -- The ruling alliance had not expected the endorsement of the ordinances to be a Herculean task.

Though not in government, the Upendra Yadav-led Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal (JSP-Nepal) had voted for the KP Sharma Oli government during the floor test in July last year. Hence the party is a part of the ruling alliance.

Another Madhesh-based outfit, the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP), is already in the Oli-headed Cabinet. The major parties in the ruling coalition didn't foresee the two parties standing together against one of the ordinances they introduced in December and January.

Their rejection of an ordinance related to amending the Land Act, among the six ordinances introduced in the federal parliament, has comp...