Alliance politics set to make a comeback as two parties split

Stability, a common refrain of Nepali politicians, goes up in the smoke as they squabble over power, partisan interests.

Ever since the Nepali Congress-Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) alliance came to power, their one objective was to break the CPN-UML. And with an ordinance issued by the Sher Bahadur Deuba government, the largest party in Parliament on Wednesday saw a split . The Madhav Nepal faction has applied for a new party at the Election Commission, proposing its name the CPN (Unified Socialist). The ordinance, however, caused yet another split. The Mahantha Thakur faction of the Janata Samajbadi Party has also applied for a new party—Loktantrik Samajbadi Party.