Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) Secretary Yogesh Bhattarai at a press conference organised by Press Chautari Nepal Makawanpur, in Hetauda city of Makwanpur District on December 9 accused the Government of taking the Parliament hostage and keeping the judiciary under its thumb, reports The Himalayan Times. He said “You can see what is happening in the so-called free judiciary and what the plight of the Parliament is today. This is all because of the present government.”