In MCC, Oli sees a chance to play domestic and geopolitical games

The prime minister is using the American aid not only to rein in opponents in his party but also to curry favour with international power centres, analysts and insiders say.

Last year, the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Nepal Compact became the top agenda item at the Central Committee meeting of the then Nepal Communist Party (NCP), with a majority of members voicing their opposition to endorsing the programme in its current form.