Local elections offered a face-saver to the UML to end the 9-month House obstruction. Now, all parties need to learn a lesson

The main opposition, CPN-UML, on Tuesday ended the nine-month-long House obstruction . Speaking in the first meeting of the new session of the House of Representatives, the party leader Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said the party decided to lift the obstruction due to two main reasons: the changed political context and the need to discuss crucial national issues such as the imminent economic crisis.

Whereas Gyawali did not discuss the first reason, political analysts believe this indeed was the major factor that forced the party to lift the House obstruction. Whereas the party’s continuous obstruction did not have any impact on the business of the House with the legislative body making crucial decisions such as endorsing the controversial MCC grant deal , the UML might have already realised that its efforts are going in vain and nobody is going to paying heed. In fact, it was just searching for a face-saver to lift the obstruction.