Kathmandu, July 24 -- Subas Nembang, deputy parliamentary party leader of the CPN-UML, walked up to the lectern at the House of Representatives on Friday to make an address congratulating Sher Bahadur Deuba, who was elected prime minister 10 days ago.

However, Nembang's congratulatory address was full of satire and taunts against Deuba. He brought up several cases of alleged highhandedness by Deuba from the time he was home minister in the Girija Prasad Koirala-led government in 1991. On top of that, he reiterated Deuba didn't become prime minister from the people's mandate but by a court order.

"This is the first time the country has got a prime minister not from the people or the parliament but from a court order," he said. "There are...