Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has directed the government to resolve the problems of Tribhuvan University, the oldest university of Nepal. Sapkota issued the directive to resolve the problems at the earliest after the main opposition CPN-UML demanded a ruling to sort out the issues. Speaking at a meeting of the House of Representatives on Monday, UML lawmaker Pradeep Gyawali said that the ruling parties have been attacking the university time and again.

He accused the government of being a mute spectator instead of taking action against those who are trying to destroy the university.

“The university is on the verge of collapse. Thousands of students have left the country,” he said, adding, “The case filed against the attackers of the professor has been withdrawn. The main opposition cannot be a mute spectator.” It has already been three months that the student unions have padlocked the university.