Nepal Communist Party’s fragile unity falls apart

Factions led by Oli and Dahal are in bid to wrest control of the party, as both claim to have majority members on their side.

Many may not agree that the day KP Sharma Oli’s CPN-UML and Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s CPN (Maoist Centre) announced merger, both had also sealed the fate of the Nepal Communist Party. Both the leaders, who assumed the post of party chair dividing power equally between them, were buoyed by the fresh election victory. They were least concerned about whether their tens of thousands of cadres and leaders of different ranks were indeed ready for the