Kathmandu, May 14 -- Nepal's opposition parties have moved to block all eight ordinances introduced by the government, escalating both legal and political pressure on the ruling party after registering notices in both Houses of the federal parliament seeking their rejection.

The opposition strategy centres on blocking the ordinances in the National Assembly, where the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party has no representation despite holding a commanding majority in the House of Representatives.

On Wednesday, lawmakers from the CPN-UML registered notices seeking rejection of all eight ordinances, while the Nepali Congress opposed two and the Nepali Communist Party opposed four.

Under Article 114(2)(a) of Nepal's constitution, ordinances iss...