His margin of victory has sharply shrunk from the first floor test held in January last year. The way lawmakers traded barbs on Wednesday suggests a rocky road ahead.
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Although the battle between ultra nationalists and the readily villainized Nepali diaspora appears to be over economical disagreements on the surface, the true war is entirely political.