Nepal parliament in deadlock over speaker replacement dispute

Bills are piling up but Nepal’s parliament has been unable to pass them into law for three months.

Nepal’s parliament has been unable to pass any laws for three months. That is because its parliamentary speaker was forced to resign in the wake of rape allegations.

But attempts to appoint someone new are being stalled by a dispute over who should replace him.

Al Jazeera’s Subina Shrestha reports from Kathmandu.