In May, the matter seemed to have been resolved with China's 'intervention'. Chinese Ambassador to Kathmandu, Hou Yanqi, was successful in uniting the quarrelling factions by holding meetings with senior leaders of the party.
But in July this year, the demand for Oli's resignation began to gain momentum once again, even as the PM was busy garnering support from all political parties over a new political map of Nepal that showed disputed areas of the Kalapani border region with India as Nepalese territory.
"A split in the ruling party is now imminent. The power-sharing deal between Oli and Prachanda was never taken up by the party's general council, and from there all the problems began, and he (Oli) started giving one excuse after other for not holding the talks. As per Prachanda, he was supposed to become the Prime Minister after two and a half years," said S.D. Muni, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University and a former Indian ambassador and special envoy, who is considered to be an expert on Nepal.
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