The cost of the ruling party feud

This chronic dispute is abominably destructive because of its disconnect from the pressing issues of national interest, such as the pandemic and the economy.

The Nepali media and intelligentsia, in general, appear to be obsessively following the incessant bickering between rival factions in the Nepal Communist Party, and, for that matter, by the similar feuds in other political parties of the country, including the main opposition in the federal parliament, Nepali Congress. Even during these precarious times, when the country reels under an unfolding crisis, the national discourse seems to be hijacked by these unpredictable bouts of accords or discords between two co-chairs of the ruling party KP Oli, who is also the incumbent prime minister, and Pushpa Kamal Dahal. The cyclical nature of dialogues between the two is treated as a new scoop every time.