The UML had the opportunity to form a minority government in the 2051 mid-term elections. Sher Bahadur Deuba, the parliamentary party leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress, was elected. After the UML government was formed, questions were being raised about the role of the main opposition party in the eighth session of parliament.

There was a lot of curiosity about how the UML would proceed with its targeted programs against the Nepali Congress government formed after the 2048 elections. The main issues raised by the UML at that time included the employee movement, Tanakpur Treaty, Dasdhunga accident, and Arun III Hydropower Project. The then main opposition UML had been asking the Congress government questions on these issues.

After the mid-term elections, what was the UML government's opinion on the issues raised in the past? Did it want to resolve them or not? What was the role of the main opposition Congress in parliament on national issues? During an interview conducted by Kantipur Daily to find answers to these questions, Deuba, the leader of the main opposition party in parliament, had expressed the view that the UML government had politically interfered in all sectors of the country. In the interview, he accused the government of politicizing universities, administrative machinery, banks, and other sectors. The 49-year-old Deuba, who had the opportunity to lead the second generation of the Congress, is now facing the same accusations that he had made against the government 40 years later.

Deuba, who had the opportunity to be unanimously elected as the party leader, leaving behind his contemporary Congress leaders, had said that the government had not relented despite his pressure on national issues. Deuba was also accused of not holding debates on national issues in parliament as the main opposition party and of not being able to play an effective role. But he was not ready to accept that. He had said, ‘We put pressure, but we were not in favor of blowing up the government too much.’ The Congress had given a vote of confidence to the minority government of the UML. In an interview, Deuba had accused the UML government of not being clear on issues like Tanakpur, Arun III, and the Dasdhunga accident.

 Deuba, who was the Home Minister in Girija Prasad Koirala's cabinet, had said that the non-cooperation of the 36-S group in the party was not a principled dispute . He had called Girija Prasad a straightforward, good, fearless and strong leader . He had also said that the 36-S group had not been unfair . Chairman Krishna Prasad Bhattarai had opposed the proposal to announce mid-term elections, but he had said that he supported it . He had denied that he had not been able to play an effective role in the parliament . He had said, 'The parliament is running well, we are presenting ourselves effectively .'

During the formation of the parliamentary committee, Deuba was accused of not being able to play an effective role.  But he countered this by saying, 'We have been seen as weak because an MP from the Sadbhavana Party betrayed us on the issue of the chairman of the accounts committee . However, it was our mistake not to nominate candidates.' At that time, the chairman of the Parliament's Accounts Committee, Hridayesh Tripathi of the Sadbhavana Party, was elected unopposed.'

Deuba had called the alliance with the Rastriya Prajatantra Party natural. 'My clear opinion is that if the people who joined the Panchayat yesterday came out in public saying that they believe in multi-party democracy and constitutional monarchy, we should not have 'bypassed' them.' The Communist Party has also abandoned dictatorial rule and class struggle. We have supported them,' Deuba had said. Stating that the minority UML government was going the opposite way, he said that the economic liberalization started by the Congress should not be dismantled.

He was of the opinion that the issue of corruption in the Royal Nepal Airlines Corporation was political propaganda and was protested for the sake of protest. At that time, a report on the ‘Dhamija scandal’ related to the Nepal Airlines Corporation was prepared. The issue had entered the parliament. In 2050, the Dhamija scandal was in the news with Girija Prasad’s name. Deuba expressed dissatisfaction over the issue of reviewing the treaty signed with India in 1995. He had said, ‘This is a very dangerous question.’

An interview conducted by journalist Narayan Wagle with Deuba to understand the views of the Nepali Congress, the main opposition party in parliament, against the backdrop of the formation of the Communist Party government for the first time in Nepal, was published by Kantipur Daily on 2051 Falgun 12 under the title ‘What do you mean I have not understood? I have not understood’.