Kathmandu: Lawmakers from ruling and opposition parties clashed over the government's ordinances during a meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Sunday. While ruling party lawmakers defended the ordinances, opposition members criticized them, arguing that they were introduced by bypassing parliamentary procedures.

During the special hour of the meeting, lawmakers from the ruling coalition claimed that the private sector and the general public had responded positively to the ordinances. Nepali Congress lawmaker Bishwa Prakash Sharma acknowledged that while some issues in the land-related ordinance needed correction, they could be addressed through a replacement bill. Similarly, CPN-UML lawmaker Padam Giri asserted that the ordinances had been well received by the private sector, as they had created new hopes for economic development.

However, criticism came from opposition lawmakers, who questioned the constitutional validity of the government's move. CPN (Maoist Centre) lawmaker Devendra Paudel stated that the government must adhere to parliamentary procedures and argued that introducing ordinances to amend 31 laws was unconstitutional.

Other lawmakers, including Prakash Jwala from CPN (Unified Socialist), Ganesh Parajuli from Rastriya Swatantra Party, Abdul Khan from Janamat Party, Gangaram Chaudhary from Nagarik Unmukti Party, Prem Suwal from Nepal Workers Peasants Party, and Rishikesh Pokhrel from UML, also raised various concerns on different issues during the HoR meeting.