Kathmandu – Addressing a meeting of the federal parliament, the chairman of the main opposition party, Maoist, Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, has accused the government of trying to circumvent the parliament by belittling and insulting it.

He has expressed his displeasure over the government’s failure to appear responsible even when they urged the parliament to convene, but has unilaterally passed the ordinance by bypassing the parliament.

He has said that the ordinance was brought through a wrong path overnight and trying to run the government through the ordinance is an act of belittling the parliament.