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Setback for KP Oli as Nepal Supreme Court reinstates dissolved Parliament, orders House session in 13 days
•The decision comes amidst a power tussle between Oli and his rivals in the ruling communist party, who along with main Opposition Nepali Congress, had challenged the dissolution in court
Nepal protests: Former minister among 188 arrested in strike against parliament's dissolution
•The nationwide general strike in Nepal was called on behalf of a faction of the ruling Communist Party by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who helped KP Sharma Oli come to power in 2018, but has since become a critic
Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli removed from ruling NCP's general membership, says rival faction
•Nepal plunged into a political crisis on 20 December after Oli, in a surprise move, dissolved the Parliament
Nepal crisis: Ready to forget everything if KP Oli accepts mistakes, says chairman of Prachanda-led NCP faction
•Madhav Nepal made the remarks while addressing a massive protest rally organised by his faction in Kathmandu, which was attended by former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Jhala Nath Khanal
China to send top-ranking CPC leader to Kathmandu to prevent split in Nepal Communist Party
•The development comes after the Chinese ambassador in Nepal Hou Yanqi held a series of meetings with Nepal president Bidya Devi Bhandari and top leaders of the NCP, including Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and Madhav Nepal, who has replaced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli as chairman of the party
Nepal's ruling communist party's meet deferred till Monday as KP Oli, PK Dahal fail to iron out differences
•The differences between the two factions of the Nepal Communist party — one led by Oli and the other led by Dahal — intensified after the prime minister unilaterally decided to prorogue the budget session of the Parliament on Thursday
As KP Oli prorogues Parliament in bid to hang on to power, a look at how Nepal PM finds himself in this position
Fp Staff •Nepal's domestic politics is in some ways comparable to Bihar's internal politics: There are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends
Nepal Communist Party leaders seek KP Sharma Oli's resignation over remarks alleging conspiracy by India to oust him
•'The prime minister's remarks that India was conspiring to remove him was neither politically correct, nor diplomatically appropriate,' said former prime minister Prachanda.