Party insiders say that Oli is planning to reintroduce an ordinance that will make it easier for him to split the party, and is also seeking support from the opposition.

If Oli fails to abide by party decisions, the Dahal-Nepal faction is likely to up the ante, using Standing Committee to force him to step down

After senior party leaders demanded Oli's resignation as both party chair and prime minister, Oli held an early morning meeting with loyalists to chart out a game plan.

Senior party leaders, including chair Dahal, ask Oli to vacate both positions as his actions have placed the ruling party and government in a difficult position.

Opposition leaders and the private sector continue to object to the bills.

The prime minister has once again fallen back on his nationalistic rhetoric, saying certain actors are trying to remove him for adopting a new political map.

The prime minister ups nationalistic rhetoric, saying people are trying to remove him for adopting a new political map of Nepal.

Oli knows that the Standing Committee is preparing to ask him to choose between the prime ministership and the party chair.

Although Wednesday’s meeting did not discuss anything substantial, Oli and Dahal both made speeches blaming the other for failures within the party and the government.

Oli has long been avoiding the Standing Committee, where he is in the minority, but he is now scrambling to garner support, especially for the MCC, insiders say.

A meeting of the two party chairs decided to take the controversial MCC Nepal Compact directly to the Standing Committee for a decision.

A preliminary report by the committee has implicated Health Minister Bhanubhakta Dhakal and chief advisor Dr Khem Karki in irregularities in the procurement process.

Opposing parties and rights activists call seven-year rule for foreign women married to Nepali men to get naturalised citizenship a regressive move.

If the ruling Nepal Communist Party does not take steps to make its committees more inclusive, its decisions could lose moral authority, women leaders say.

A Secretariat meeting on Saturday took the decision on the issue, which is being debated in a parliamentary committee for the last two years.