Political deadlock continues

The ongoing political deadlock is likely to continue for more days. While Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the Maoist Centre has been working hard to form a new government and the Madhav NepalJhalanath led faction of the CPN-UML has been expecting the fall of the government led by KP Sharma Oli, no concrete development has been made towards this end although Nepali Congress officially decided to ask the Prime Minister to step down and initiate a process to form a new government on its own leadership. After keeping mums for weeks, Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has decided to seek Prime Minister

Oli’s resignation because of pressure from other leaders including Ram Chandra Paudel and Krishna Sitaula, who have been arguing that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been working against the constitution and democracy.

However, as a faction of the Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal is surprisingly trying to forge an alliance with Prime Minister Oli, things have turned murky because neither Oli nor the opposition parties could now prove the majority in House. Oli government could be replaced only if the JSP-N stands united with the Nepali Congress and Maoist Centre. But chances for the JSP-N to remain united regarding the government look slim for now.

While Oli has agreed to meet every demand including the release of Resham Chaudhary convicted for the notorious Karnali carnage in which seven police officers were brutally killed in August 2015.

The situation is such that Oli may fail to garner majority votes even if he gets support from JSP-N, because the lawmakers close to Nepal may cross floors. And when a faction of JSP-N does not support Deuba, he would fail to prove his majority even if he is appointed new Prime Minister, as such, Oli will be again appointed PM as the leader of the largest party to lead a minority government and hold elections.