Finally, in a special session of the House of Representatives on 1 Poush 2053, Rastriya Prajatantra Party ministers and MPs sat on the opposition bench to topple the Sher Bahadur Deuba government. Sitting on the opposition bench in parliament while still in power was against parliamentary tradition. But RPP parliamentary party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand had shown a unique practice in parliament in his greed to become the Prime Minister.

Among the 102 MPs who demanded a special session, the sitting ministers and MPs of the coalition government, some from the ruling party and some from the opposition, were seen sitting on the benches, a new and unique practice in the parliamentary system.

After the meeting began, Speaker Ram Chandra Poudel allowed the leader of the main opposition party, Manmohan Adhikari, to speak, who was petitioning the King for a special session. But RPP leader Chand, RPP Vice President Padmasundar Lawati, and UML MPs sitting on the opposition bench started a ruckus in parliament and did not allow the meeting to proceed for 8 minutes.

Even though UML Chairman Manmohan, who was the first signatory to demand a special session, was allowed to speak, there was a disturbance by creating noise. The dispute that RPP leader Chand should also be allowed to speak in the parliament was going on between the RPP and the UML. There was a dispute between the parties that moved the no-confidence motion regarding speaking. But according to the rules of the House of Representatives, Speaker Poudel had informed that only the first signatory or a person authorized by him can speak. But still, the noise and disorder did not stop. Chand had made his statement in that environment. He had suggested that the House should be informed about the resignations of RPP ministers.

After Chand spoke, Minister of State for Water Resources Sharbendranath Shukla and Assistant Minister for Supplies Anish Ansari had questioned why his resignation was not accepted. Nine RPP and two Sadbhavana Party MPs were sitting on the ruling party bench. After seeing this scene, the main opposition UML MP Birodh Khatiwada had demanded an explanation as to why the ruling party MPs and ministers were sitting on the opposition bench. But Speaker Poudel ignored the demand.

There was a commotion in the House. In that atmosphere, Speaker Poudel had allowed Manmohan, the first signatory to the special session demand, to speak. Manmohan had claimed that he did not want to demand a special session and was trying to free the country from the pain of the current confusion and instability. Justifying the demand for the session, he had said that the Prime Minister was constitutionally in a minority in Parliament as the ruling MPs had withdrawn their support for the government. He had demanded that Deuba resign.

Manmohan had accused the joint government formed with the support of the RPP of not allowing the Parliament to be effective, saying that it had carried out activities that were against the constitutional and parliamentary values. He reminded that many questions had been raised against Prime Minister Deuba and that they had analyzed that they could not work in favor of the country and the people at the time of forming the government. He had accused the Deuba government of becoming a model of corruption, commission system, high prices and unemployment.

Interesting seating of MPs

Chand, the UML's proposed prime ministerial candidate and RPP leader, entered the hall shortly before the meeting began and sat in the ninth row of the opposition bench. UML Chief Whip Devi Prasad Ojha had requested Chand to sit in the front. But Chand did not agree. RPP MPs Kamal Thapa, Ramkrishna Acharya and Sadbhavana's Hridayesh Tripathi were sitting in the row with him. Incumbent Ministers of State Sharbendranath Shukla, Prem Bahadur Bhandari, Rajiv Parajuli, Assistant Minister Anish Ansari and Deputy Speaker Ram Vilas Yadav were sitting in the opposition bench.

RPP Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa, Pashupati Shamsher Rana, and Fattesingh Tharu were sitting on the ruling party's bench. Assistant Ministers Bishnu Bikram Thapa and Khobhari Roy, who claimed that the Chand party was standing on their side, were not present in the House. The MPs of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party were also not present on the day the special session began. RPP MP Prakash Chandra Lohani, who came after the parliament meeting ended, said that he was standing on the ruling party, saying that he was where he was. But RPP spokesperson Thapa said that the parliamentary party had issued a whip to all its MPs to sit on the opposition bench. He had said, 'It is the official decision of the party to sit in the opposition, we have followed that decision.'

Speaker Poudel had informed that the discussion on the no-confidence motion would begin on 2053 Paush 6. The discussion would continue until 20 Paush and the vote on the no-confidence motion would be held after the Prime Minister's reply, the Speaker had informed. The UML proposed Chand as the prime minister to topple the Deuba-led government, and the conflict in the RPP over whether to stay in the government or leave it increased. Chairman Thapa was in favor of maintaining the government, while Chand was in favor of toppling it.

Chand understood that he should not lose the impact of becoming the prime minister in a multi-party system less than 7 years after the 2046 movement toppled the Panchayat. Chand was the last prime minister of the Panchayat. This no-confidence motion had brought the RPP to the point of mental division. The UML had the 'ego' of toppling its nine-month government. Therefore, the UML had put forward Chand in a bid to take revenge by toppling Deuba, even though it had made the former Panchayat Chand the prime minister.

The Manmohan Adhikari government formed in the 2051 mid-term elections was toppled in nine months by the Congress with the support of the RPP. The UML had joined hands with the RPP to remove Deuba's government, which became Prime Minister in 2052 Bhadra by removing Manmohan from the no-confidence motion. After the RPP promised to topple the government, Deuba had made several agreements with the RPP to save the prime minister's post.

The RPP, which won 20 seats in the mid-term elections, had 17 ministers, including the Deputy Speaker. Apart from Chand and Chairman Thapa, only one MP remained as a minister. However, the RPP MPs had signed the petition with the intention of moving a no-confidence motion to topple the Deuba government while remaining in power.

The news prepared by the Kantipur Daily, focusing on the political atmosphere that has become unstable due to the game of toppling and forming power, was published on 2053 Poush 2 under the title 'Special session begins with a bang: Ministers sit on the opposition bench, a new practice'.