The Congress and the UML had reached the conclusion of filing a motion against Deputy Speaker Indira Rana for unbecoming the post on Tuesday itself. Such a conclusion was decided from the meeting of the two parties called by the Prime Minister in Baluwatar before the meeting of the Council of Ministers on Monday. Accordingly, the two parties discussed within their respective parties and started signing for the proposal registration process. A joint meeting was called with the whips of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), Democratic Samajwadi Party (LOSPA), Citizen Liberation Party (NAUPA) along with JSP Nepal led by Upendra Yadav who gave a green signal to support the proposal, but they did not agree to sign until the Deputy Speaker returned.

Ranjita Shrestha, the president of Civil Liberation Party, who went to the meeting, signed a blank paper by writing her name and the name of the party, while other whips left the Congress parliamentary party saying that it should be discussed within the party. In Unmukti, which has four MPs, only Minister of State for Tourism Arun Chaudhary is in favor of President Shrestha . Two other MPs Lalveer Chaudhary and Gangaram Chaudhary are in opposition. Public opinion whip Anita Devi and Jaspa Nepal whip Rekha Yadav argued that it was not humanely appropriate to register the motion when Deputy Speaker Rana was abroad.

According to a top leader of the Congress, most of the top leaders were not aware of the fact that the Deputy Speaker was in the US even when the meeting of office bearers and ex-officers called by Speaker Deuba started on Tuesday morning. When the media started reporting that he was in the US, some top leaders even questioned why the Chief Whip Shyam Ghimire was not informed about this .

'After the Prime Minister called Baluwatar and instructed him to register the proposal, it was assumed that he must have been informed about it . Another was that he was not aware of it because he went personally and not under the program of the Parliament' was Ghimire's reply. After that, most of the leaders of the Congress suggested that the resolution should not be registered without even giving a chance to the Deputy Speaker to clarify. General Minister Gagan Thapa, Spokesperson Prakasharan Mahat and leader Arjun Narasinh KC expressed their views on whether to reconsider the situation of removing the Deputy Speaker. He warned the leadership that there may be more damage to the party to advance such a proposal when by-elections are about to be held in Rupandehi.

There is a legal provision to start the discussion on the matter within seven days after the motion against the Deputy Speaker is registered. Rana, who went to America on July 30 to participate in the NGO Forum program, is scheduled to return only on August 13. While the Deputy Speaker Rana did not even get an opportunity to clarify the allegations against him when the motion was registered on Tuesday itself, the leaders suddenly withdrew.

According to an official of the Congress, Chairman Deuba had called a meeting of officials and former officials on Tuesday to prepare for the registration of the proposal. In the meeting, Deuba mainly informed about three questions. First, he made it clear that the ruling party was in the minority in the Constitutional Council and had to be removed. Secondly, Deuba said that Jaspa Nepal led by Upendra Yadav and Janmat Party led by Sike Raut also supported the proposal. His last thing was that there was an agreement to become the Deputy Speaker of the Congress after the removal of Deputy Speaker Rana . Congress leaders say that Deuba also had no prior knowledge that the Deputy Speaker was abroad.

Deputy Speaker Rana's foreign visit was approved by Speaker Devraj Ghimire. She even went to meet Speaker Ghimire before leaving for America on July 30. However, the top leaders including Prime Minister Oli and Congress President Deuba took a decision without even coordinating with the Speaker.

Janmat MP Abdul Khan said that they suggested that it would not be fair to register the proposal by depriving him of the opportunity to clarify while the Deputy Speaker was abroad. Not only that, but we were of the opinion that Congress and UML should be the only one in this issue. A similar attempt was made last year too, but it was stopped due to a dispute within the Congress. Even now, when the proposal is brought, the Congress and UML have said that they should be clear first and only then will we sign it," said Khan, "even now there is a conflict within the Congress . If they come as one, we are bound to vote in favor of the proposal as we are in the ruling coalition. But what is important now is what Congress and UML do.

JSP Nepal's chief whip Manish Suman also said that when the deputy speaker is abroad, it cannot be done on plain paper. He said that the role of his party has also changed with the power and even though Congress and UML have put forward proposals, the party has not made any decision about what to do. We do not seem necessary for Congress and UML. After the chief whip of the Congress said that the chief whip of our party has gone to consult, we will discuss it only after the two parties bring a proposal, the proposal has not come and it is not a matter of signing without discussing what kind of proposal comes,'' Suman said, 'now the situation has also changed . It has been a task to take us far. There is no goodwill like before.

Oli and Deuba are in the strategy of taking Jaspa Nepal, which is in a decisive position to pass the bill in the National Assembly, even in the agenda of removing the deputy speaker. Due to the extreme controversy within civil liberties, there is also a risk that even if a resolution is registered against the Deputy Speaker, if the JSP is not with Nepal, it will not be passed by two-thirds . That is why the Congress and UML reached the point of not registering the resolution until the Deputy Speaker returns home.

'The Prime Minister was in the mindset that there would be nothing if he registered because he went to an NGO program and not to the Parliament, but there was a dispute within the Congress. Other small parties also did not take the stand that they should not do it until the deputy chairman returns, that's why Deuba and Oli backed out,' another Congress official said, "The deputy chairman is scheduled to return from the US on the 13th and after the 14th visit to China, Prime Minister Oli is scheduled to return only on the 18th." We are in favor of registering by 14th/15th of August so that the Prime Minister returns from China and decides.'

Congress and UML also signed their MPs on Wednesday. However, within the Congress, intense opposition has started within the Congress regarding Deuba and Oli's decision. Congress leader Shekhar Koirala, General Minister Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma are unhappy that there was no consultation within the party when the two leaders discussed the removal of the Deputy Speaker two months ago in Baluwatar. Koirala and most of the MPs close to him have not agreed to sign. But MPs close to Mahamantri Thapa have signed it. Congress Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka also said in the meeting that he had no information about the previous discussions.

Koirala has already warned the leadership not to embark on a plan to remove the Deputy Speaker to spoil the 'image' of the party, while Chief Minister Sharma has demanded that an institutional decision should be made within the party, saying that it is not acceptable to cook in sand and get into Budhanil Kanth. Even Jaspa Nepal and Janmat Party, who have promised to support the proposal due to growing discontent within the Congress, have not formally made any opinion on this yet .

UML Chief Whip Mahesh Bertaula said that the proposal will not be registered while the Deputy Speaker is on a US visit. After he returns, there will be a conversation about this. Now the question has been raised about his international tour. First of all, we are interested in how you are thinking about this matter,' said Bertaula, 'Maoist Chairman Prachanda has acted in such a way as to provoke as if he would have registered the proposal today. The meeting of the opposition party was also called. However, we are not in favor of registering the proposal even though he encouraged us. We will come to a decision after the discussion.

In the meeting of the executive committee held on Wednesday morning, Maoist chief whip Hitraj Pandey inquired about what is going to be done about the deputy speaker, while member of the executive committee and Congress MP Ramhari Khatiwada raised the issue of the deputy speaker's misuse of diplomatic passport while attending an NGO event. Is there any information that the deputy speaker has gone out of the country, is it the program of the parliament or what? Whether it is possible to go to the program of an NGO using a diplomatic passport, Khatiwada said, "If it is used by the secretariat to prevent other parliamentarians from being allowed, it is abuse." All activities of Parliament should be transparent. The House should be informed about this too.'

Opposition opposition in Parliament

MPs have said that the ruling party Congress and UML have embarked on a campaign to remove Deputy Speaker Indira Rana to impose a two-party system and to discourage the smaller parties. In the meeting of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, during emergency time and zero time, opposition and ruling MPs criticized the signature campaign being conducted by Congress and UML to remove Deputy Speaker Rana.

The main opposition Maoist MP and Deputy Secretary General Shakti Basnet said that running a signature campaign against the Deputy Speaker Rana who is abroad cannot be accepted under any circumstances . Signature campaign against Deputy Speaker who is abroad is going on. This treatment of socially active women is neither favorable to inclusion nor socially favorable nor democratic. Stop this kind of despotic and vindictive behavior," said Basnet.

Independent MP Amresh Kumar Singh, who is supporting the government, said that the removal of Deputy Speaker Rana should also be considered by small political parties. He said that pressure is being created on small political parties through the government and courts and there is a threat to democracy itself. "The two big parties are doing s in the name of two-party system of governance, whether it is Raswapa or Jaspa Nepal. Independent and small parties, some are being tried to be removed from the Deputy Speaker, some are being tried to be imprisoned by influencing the court,'' Singh said, 'I want to specially request the small party to share the sweets when the next party ends, this is your intention too. Only two parties will remain in the country, neither democracy will remain, nor small parties.' Singh said that the Supreme Court's issuance of a mandate to investigate Jaspa Nepal president Upendra Yadav in the 14-year-old Rautahat murder case was a result of political influence in the court. "The influence of political parties in the judiciary is increasing, that is the biggest threat to Nepal's justice system and democracy," he said.

RSVP chief whip Santosh Pariyar said that the attempt to remove Deputy Speaker Rana from the post was an attack on the system by the executive. He said that actions are being taken from the Prime Minister's residence to hurt the Parliament. The kind of demonstration that took place in Baluwatar and Sinha Darbar yesterday has hurt the honorable House. The level of devaluing of a responsible position like the Deputy Speaker of the Honorable House by those who claim to have inherited the democracy is the biggest threat to democracy," Pariyar said. As much respect as he has received, you will not reach as high as you jump.'

Pariyar also asked the members of the House of Representatives to take decisions wisely and consider their abilities. Who is creating a threat to democracy? Who is undermining democracy? Who is threatening this system?', he asked, 'Congress and UML leaders who devalue the post of Deputy Speaker and are always chasing them should be serious, this country needs the next generation, this democracy is needed by the next generation. Don't attack the system for your vested interests.'

The RPP has accused the Congress and UMA of removing the deputy speaker in order to appoint the Asepase to get the majority of the ruling coalition in the Constitutional Council. RPP MP Roshan Karki also warned Congress and UML MPs on behalf of the party. They did not have a majority in the Constitutional Council. There was talk of accusing the deputy speaker of not behaving in a manner appropriate to the position in order to appoint the Asepase after reaching the majority. Congress and UML have corrected their MPs on blank paper . What kind of party to make it right? What gentlemen to correct? Damn," Karki said, "He is doing business on his home minister's visit visa, he has made a pot to earn money, he will save it . The Deputy Speaker has only made a recommendation, that too to move the time of the interview forward.

United Samajwadi MP Sher Bahadur Kunwar said that the Congress and UML are engaged in a campaign to ridicule the Parliament. "The signature campaign that has been done to remove the Deputy Speaker, the two major parties in power, UML and Congress, is an insult to the women of this tribe. He has been insulted many times. This has made a mockery of the dignity of the Parliament," Kunwar said.