Hyderabad: Nepal's ruling party has survived split for now as party co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has dropped his demand asking Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign.
The NCP leaders are close to a deal, The Kathmandu Post reported on Sunday.
Oli’s troubles within the party also come as he deals with blowback from India over a new map of the Himalayan country that includes a disputed area claimed by both India and Nepal.
Kathmandu's relations with New Delhi only worsened after Oli said last week that India was attempting to oust him from office with help from some of the members of his own party.
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Oli was elected prime minister in 2017 after the Nepal Communist Party won a majority of the seats in parliament. Just before the general election, two Communist parties led by Oli and Dahal had merged to become a stronger political force.
It was widely believed that Oli and Dahal would split the prime minister’s five-year term, with each taking turns in office. But 2 1/2 years after taking power, Oli has shown no signs of stepping down.
Throughout his tenure in office, Oli has remained a strong and popular leader within the party and in public, despite street protests over the government’s handling of the coronavirus.
He has also gained widespread popularity since presenting the new map that included the disputed territory.
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