The issue of Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli instructing the leaders and cadres of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) to attack those criticizing the government like a swarm of hornets has made it to the parliament.
"PM has asked to attack the opposition like a swarm of hornets," Nepali Congress (NC) lawmaker Rajendra KC raised the issue of PM Oli instructing the leaders and cadres to defend the government as hornets on Saturday. "The whole swarm of hornets attacks you if you attack a hornet. But we don't even have the intelligence of hornets," PM Oli had drawn a parallel to instruct the leaders and cadres to attack the opposition during the program organized to mark the fourth death anniversary of the then Maoist leader Post Bahadur Bogati on Saturday.
"Was it wrong to say that there are real perpetrators and not the framed ones? Was it wrong to speak against those disappearing 33 kilograms of gold? Was it wrong to demand rights to demonstrate at Maitighar Mandala?" KC asked during the special hour of the House of Representatives (HoR) on Monday. "We need answer about the instruction to attack the opposition."
NC lawmaker Sanjay Kumar Gautam also raised the issue of hornets. "Our heads have been bowed in shame after PM's instruction to attack like hornets," Gautam said. "Should we not teach civility to the PM who calls a fellow lawmaker uncivilized?" Gautam fumed pointing to PM Oli's calling Gautam uncivilized while answering Gautam's question about Nirmala Panta's case in the HoR on August 28.
PM Oli had stated he feels ashamed of uncivilized friends when Gautam asked whether he feels shame in robbery of chastity of women.
Gautam also accused PM Oli of displaying arrogance of two-third majority, promoting medical mafia and attempting to stymie press freedom, and pointed at the government's failure to find the perpetrators involved in rape and murder of Nirmala Panta.
Lawmaker of the ruling CPN Pampha Bhusal defended PM Oli on the other hand. She opposed portrayal of the comments made toward the ruling party cadres to have been directed at the opposition. "There is no need to direct the cadres toward the opposition. I politely request you all to not distort the PM's expression."
