At a press conference, Poudel said that the government's introduction of ordinances despite having a two-thirds majority, oppression of citizens, and use of force against squatters are violations of democratic values.
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Nepali Congress General Secretary Pradeep Poudel has accused Prime Minister Balendra Shah of walking out of Parliament while the President was addressing him, saying it was a mockery of the parliamentary system.
At a press conference organized in Chandrauta, Kapilvastu on Wednesday, he said that it was wrong and unparliamentary to introduce rules and laws through ordinances despite the two-thirds support of the current government. He said, 'The tendency to rule through ordinances by bypassing Parliament is against democratic values and norms.' He said that this has broken parliamentary values, norms and traditions.
Poudel, who is also a former minister, said that it was not good for the Congress to get involved in internal disputes without raising the issue of the government's oppression of the citizens. He said that he would not go beyond the mandate given by the Congress' special general convention and not please the disgruntled Congress leaders and workers, and that the upcoming 15th regular general convention would address all the issues.
Similarly, he criticized the government for using force to solve the problem of squatters. "Suddenly demolishing houses without identifying the squatters is inhumane and unacceptable," he said. "A systematic solution should have been found, given at least a month's time."
