Nepali Congress lawmaker Bishwo Prakash Sharma accused CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli of trying to keep Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in a cage in the name of high-level mechanism. He said so while speaking in a Parliament meeting on Thursday. Saying that the Congress has not been laying a trap, Sharma, who is also the General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, said that Oli, however, has been trying to keep the Prime Minister in the cage.

He opined that the presence of opposition in the Speaker and Sheetal Niwas will also represent the people's vote and balance the power.

Sharma said that the Nepali Congress made Ishwori Neupane, a follower of party’s founding leader BP Koirala, as the candidate of the Speaker on the basis of her ability, qualifications and experience.