Discord and division continue inside the Nepal Communist Party, which has not split formally but seem to have fallen apart after Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli unilaterally decided to dissolve the House of Representatives on Wednesday, 20 December, without the party's consent.
Since then, the Nepal Communist Party is acting like two parties – one headed by Oli himself and the other led by former Prime Ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda and Madhav Kumar Nepal. Both sides are running separate programmes across the country under the same banner as they await official recognition from the Election Commission.