The mirage of unity

One thing they should have no problem concluding is that they are not communists.

The quarrel between the KP Sharma Oli and Madhav Kumar Nepal factions in the UML intensified after Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba secured Parliament's vote of confidence. Yet, the party's younger leaders have not given up their search for a formula to avert the party’s formal split. They argue that the party must remain united to advance the "communist movement". When the Supreme Court restored the House dissolved by Oli, Ghanashyam Bhusal, an influential member of UML's standing committee said, "We have saved Parliament; now, we have to save the party."