Conflict set to escalate in ruling party, as Dahal once again ups the ante against Oli

After a brief lull, the party has returned to where it was a few weeks ago and the battle lines are drawn, say insiders.

After coming quite close to an implosion , there was some semblance of peace in the ruling Nepal Communist Party, as two chairs KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal were in negotiations to find a middle path to save the party unity.