By Our Reporter
The ongoing tussle in the ruling Nepal Communist Party is not likely to end soon, as the division between the two factions has continuously widened, thanks to the involvement of the foreign powers to divide and keep it united.
The dispute first surfaced with the greed of Bamdev Gautam to reach the parliament has further escalated with the desire of Pushpa Kamal Dahal to become the prime minister, of Jhalanath Khanal to become the president and of Madhav Nepal to pull down Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from the post of PM, if not from party chief.
When the rival faction led by Dahal has been asking PM Oli to step down from both the posts of PM and party chair and PM Oli has outright rejected the demands. This is the reason why the marathon one-on-one meeting between Oli and Dahal and the series of Secretariat and Standing Committee meetings have yielded nothing for over a month.
The standing committee meeting slated for Tuesday was put off for a week again after the two chairmen failed to find a consensus.
The situation is such that if Oli and Dahal reach an agreement, Nepal and Khanal may not accept that, which was reflected this week when Dahal and Oli were said to have agreed to hold an early general convention of the party in December. But Dahal had to refute this, probably under the pressure of Nepal visibly and southern neighbour invisibly.
China and India are behind the dispute in the ruling party when China wants continuity of the Oli-led government and India wants to replace it with India-loyal Dahal. When Chinese ambassador Hou Yanqi had been openly in discussion with NCP leaders twice, the Indians were suspected to work secretly to pull down the Oli-led government for Oli’s pro-nationalistic act and stances.
Had there not been the involvement of the foreign forces, it would not have taken such a long time to hammer out differences in a party created by unifying two parties three years ago.
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