Kathmandu, March 01 (HS): Nepal’s KP Sharma ‘Oli’ government has started the exercise to get the six ordinances passed. The government is preparing to bring a bill related to party split to garner the required majority in the upper house of Parliament, the National Assembly.
These ordinances of the government were opposed by the constituent parties of the ruling coalition. Since then, the government has focused on garnering the required majority in the National Assembly. For this, the government has decided to bring a bill related to party split. In the meeting of the constituent parties of the ruling coalition held on Saturday, a consensus was reached on bringing a bill related to party split.
Nepali Congress leader and Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, who attended this meeting, said that a consensus has been reached among the ruling parties on bringing a bill related to party split to pass the ordinance. He said that the government made a lot of efforts to pass the ordinance in the current situation, but due to the stubborn attitude of some parties, this was not possible, so the option of the bill related to party division was chosen.
However, he did not tell which party the government is bringing about the division of this bill.
The government needs three MPs for the required majority in the National Assembly. In the 49-member National Assembly, there are 22 MPs in favor of the government. To garner the support of 25 MPs required for the majority, preparations are being made to split the Unified Samajwadi Party and the Janata Samajwadi Party to get 3 MPs on their side. It is believed that the MPs of both these parties are in touch with the government.
At present, for party division in Nepal, there should be support of 40 percent of the total MPs and 40 percent of the leaders of the party central committee. In the new proposed bill, there is a consensus on reducing the percentage from 40 to 20 percent and eliminating the requirement of MP and Central member and giving legal sanction to party split even if one of them supports.
Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
