After the change of 1991, the relationship between the Nepali Congress government led by Girija Prasad Koirala and the main opposition party, the UML, was never normal. Since the formation of the government, there have been shutdowns, vandalism, strikes and protests over issues such as employee agitation, Tanakpur Treaty, Dasdhunga accident, Arun III Hydropower Project, etc. During Girija Prasad's three-year tenure as the opposition, the UML had made good use of the streets and parliament.

The Congress government was accused of selling the country's independence in Tanakpur and not investigating the Dasdhunga accident properly. The slogans that the Congress had used to kill Madan Bhandari and Jeevraj Ashrit were being chanted on the streets. The UML made these two issues a national 'issue' during the agitation, which caused huge losses of money and people.

But after the mid-term elections, when the UML got the opportunity to lead the government, the Congress, which was mired in internal strife, ended up on the main opposition bench. After joining the opposition, the Congress brought forward the issues raised by the UML in the past. The Congress had organized a protest program that even included boycotting the House, saying that the UML government's stance on the issues raised when it was in the opposition was not clear.

When Speaker Ramchandra Poudel asked the government to clarify its position in the House of Representatives, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Subash Chandra Nembang said that a national consensus was needed as everyone had their own interests in the Tanakpur issue. Nembang said that there was no two opinions on whether such an important treaty should be in favor of the country and the people. Before he could make his statement, Rastriya Prajatantra Party MP Padmasundar Lawati objected, saying that the minister had spoken in a sweet and money-making language. He accused UML of following the path of the Congress for failing to clarify its position when the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister wanted to go to India. He and RPP MPs boycotted the meeting expressing dissatisfaction with the government.

Congress MPs Govinda Raj Joshi and Bhakta Bahadur Balayar accused UML of confusing the people for the past two years by not making its position clear. UML MP Bhojraj Joshi, who won from Kanchanpur, a district adjacent to Tanakpur, said that many things had been taken forward in the previous parliament and that it would be easier to reach a consensus if the truth came out. During the discussion, Poudel said that the meeting was going on under the Speaker's ruling and that he would conclude it. His statement also failed to control the meeting. At the same time, Congress MP Pradeep Giri said that he would talk softly and hotly and that the UML was in trouble today because of the loud slogans he raised yesterday. He said, 'Today's opposition party should also speak keeping in mind that it will come to power tomorrow.' Before expressing his opinion on Tanakpur, MPs Kalam Thapa, Narayanman Bijukchhe, Purna Bahadur Khadka, and Arjun Narsingh KC had demanded a clear ruling from the Speaker on how to present the government's point of view.

Ruling party MP Bishnu Bahadur Raut had said that the Speaker's ruling that nothing will come from the government is a ruling and that no one should force the Speaker to give an order. After that, the Speaker gave time to Law Minister Nembang to present the government's view. But even after Minister Nembang stood on the rostrum, the Speaker allowed five MPs to speak. The MPs demanded that the Minister of Water Resources and the Minister of Foreign Affairs be present to speak about Tanakpur.

The Nepali Congress had demanded that the government clarify its position on the Dasdhunga accident in the meeting. MP Joshi had demanded that the government clarify whether the report of the Janastra and UML commissions, including two current MPs, is a lie or whether the report of the commission formed by the government is a lie.

After the then Home Minister KP Sharma Oli informed the House that the Dasdhunga report was being studied, the MPs had asked more questions. MP Joshi had said, ‘It is shameful to say that studies are being conducted even after a long time. This is an incompetent government, it is deceiving the people.’

Along with Joshi’s speech, Congress MPs boycotted Parliament for 20 minutes. When the UML was in the opposition, it had formed a commission with Oli, a member of the then Standing Committee, as its chairman.

The Oli Commission had called the Dasdhunga accident ‘well-planned’ and ‘conspiracy’. Similarly, a people’s level commission was formed under the chairmanship of Padmaratna Tuladhar. Four commissions related to Dasdhunga were formed by the government and also from the political level. UML, on the strength of the movement, had formed a fourth commission from King Birendra under the chairmanship of Supreme Court Justice Trilok Pratap Rana.

The Dasdhunga accident was becoming directionless and trivial after the commissions were formed but their conclusions started coming out separately. That is why the government's opinion was demanded on the Tanakpur and Dasdhunga accidents when the UML was in government. The Congress and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party boycotted the meeting of the House of Representatives on 17 Magh 2051, saying that the UML did not have a clear opinion on the same issue.