At least one of the six ordinances introduced by the government is likely to be rejected by the parliament. The Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal, which is supporting the KP Sharma Oli-led government formed from the Congress-UML alliance, is expressing its displeasure over the land ordinance. Jaspa Nepal has indicated its support for the other five ordinances.

The ruling Congress and UML have a clear majority in the House of Representatives to pass the ordinance, while the JSP Nepal needs support to get a majority in the National Assembly. There is a constitutional provision that if the ordinance is not accepted by both houses of the federal parliament, it will automatically become inactive.

The government has introduced ordinances related to cooperatives, economic and business environment improvement and investment enhancement, good governance promotion and public service delivery, amending some Nepal Acts related to land, privatization (first amendment), economic procedure and financial responsibility (first amendment).

Jaspa Nepal has formed a working group under the coordination of first vice president Rajkishore Yadav to study the ordinance. The working group held discussions with experts on Tuesday and Wednesday. The report prepared by the working group is ready to be submitted to the meeting of the party parliamentary party on Thursday.

Coordinator Yadav said that the report will be made public only after it is submitted to the parliamentary party. Based on merits and demerits, the working group will report that this is wrong and this is right. All ordinances are flawed. Some of them are in a position to be rectified through a replacement bill, while some are not in a position to be rectified," he said. According to Yadav, in the discussion held by the working group, the experts gave opinions on which ordinance was brought on the basis of necessity and which ordinance has weaknesses. According to him, the idea that some ordinances should be rejected came from experts.

The ruling party is confident that the ordinance will be passed. The leader of the ruling party in the National Assembly, Krishna Prasad Sitaula, claimed that the majority would be in favor of the ordinance. Talks are being held with all political parties. Ordinances are introduced based on need. Earlier, ordinances were rarely rejected, so these ordinances are also passed," he said.

In the National Assembly, UML parliamentary party leader Bhagwati Neupane said that the ordinance will be passed as JSP Nepal MPs are in contact. Positive things have come from JSP Nepal leaders. They are saying that some issues will have to be discussed in the party. "They are in the ruling party and they are sitting in the seat of the ruling party in the House," she said, "We are sure that the ordinance will be approved."

There are 59 MPs in the National Assembly. A majority vote of at least 30 MPs is required to pass the Ordinance. In the National Assembly, there are 29 MPs including 16 from Congress, 10 from UML, 2 nominated and 1 from LOSPA in favor of the Ordinance. In the opposition, there are 26 MPs including 17 from the Maoists, 8 from the United Socialist Party and 1 from the Rashtriya Janamorcha.

There are 3 MPs of Jaspa Nepal yet to decide whether to accept or reject the ordinance. If JSP Nepal decides to accept the ordinance, there will be a majority in the ordinance, if JSP stands in favor of rejecting the ordinance, there will be equal 29-29 MPs on both sides. In such a case, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Narayan Prasad Dahal, has to vote. Dahal is an MP nominated by the President. He was the leader of the Maoist Center in the past.

On the first day of the winter session of the Federal Parliament, the government submitted 6 ordinances last Friday. Those ordinances are prepared to be presented in the meeting of both houses on Thursday. Then, the MP who registers the notice of opposition to the ordinance will state the reason. The minister presenting the ordinance will respond to it and the notice of opposition will be presented for decision as a group. If the majority is in favor of the notice of opposition registered against the ordinance, then the ordinance will be in the minority. The UML and the Congress have issued a whip for all MPs to be present at the time when the proposal to accept the ordinance is presented in the National Assembly.

Jaspa Nepal has been objecting mainly to the provisions made in the land ordinance. Leaders have said that there is doubt in the ordinance as there is a legal provision that even the land of parks and forest areas can be given to individuals. There is also public interest in the Ordinance as it covers topics such as real estate transactions, apartments and housing.

Jaspa Nepal has also opposed the process saying that the bill in the finance committee of the House of Representatives was not returned and the ordinance was introduced. While the 'Economic Procedures and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Bill, 2081' was pending in the Finance Committee, the government brought the 'Economic Procedures and Financial Responsibility (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2081'. A JSP leader said, "The party's opinion is that the country should not be run by ordinances." Ordinance was not brought after consultation with our party. In this way the tendency to introduce ordinances should not be encouraged. There is a provision in the constitution to introduce ordinances only for things that should not be done by the government.'

Another member of parliament of Jaspa Nepal said that the party has serious differences in the ordinance related to land. He said that although the provisions made in other ordinances can be amended through the replacement bill, the possibility of that in the land ordinance is minimal. According to those MPs who are in the working group, no provisions have been made in the ordinance about the Bitauri market established in Terai-Madhesh.

Experts said that the Land Ordinance was introduced with the purpose of settlement in Chure in the 'briefing' task force. This Ordinance has not made provision for housing mortgages and loans in Bitauri market like Rajviraj. There are many such markets. People have come down from the mountains and are sitting on the highway cutting down the forest. Think about it, but don't think about it! "I don't understand," said the MP, "Economic Bill, Cooperative Bill are positive." We allow the rest as the substitution can be amended. The government had to talk about that too.'

The demand that the issue of private ponds should also be seriously addressed in the Land Ordinance has been raised within Jaspa Nepal. Jaspa Nepal parliamentarians say that the ordinance does not address the fact that the former private ponds are now being called public by the local level. In the land ordinance, there is a matter of setting up slums in Chure. If a settlement was established in Chure, roads had to be built and developed. For that, the dozer runs and Madhesh becomes a desert. If there is no Madhesh, we will be squatters," said the MP.