Dispute in ruling party now set to reach Central Committee as Oli and Dahal fail to find a common ground

Madhav Nepal was invited to the meeting in hopes of a deal, but stalemate continues as Oli refused to resign either as party chair or prime minister.

Just a day before the scheduled Standing Committee meeting, two factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party led by KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Thursday engaged in a series of consultations, starting from talks between them, in the presence of senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, in the afternoon and then discussions among the leaders of their own groups.