In the ruling party, leaders’ focus has been on one-upmanship—not Covid-19

The party leadership squandered crucial months and multiple meetings bickering over their individual interests, ignoring the most pressing issues of the present time, insiders say.

For the ruling Nepal Communist Party and its government, the Covid-19 pandemic has largely been a non-issue. While the government’s response to the virus has been lacklustre, for the party, its internal dispute has remained more important than the disease that has so far