Ruling alliance may steamroller the budget through lower house, but its passage from upper house looks difficult without a deal with main opposition.

With the court’s decision, CPN (Unified Socialist) will have 24 lawmakers in the lower house and will become the third largest party in the upper house with eight members.

As Speaker fails to resolve the crisis, there are concerns the government may have its hands tied when it comes to spending, with just two days to get the budget endorsed.

Agni Sapkota decided to call the meeting after continuous obstructions of parliamentary proceedings by the UML, but the party has refused to attend.

Four clear factions have emerged in the grand old party.

While CPN (Unified Socialist) wants Deuba to wait until Monday, Janata Samajbadi says it won’t join the government unless the party split provisions are changed.

The party has written to the poll body, informing about the start of its convention at the ward level.

The government, the opposition and the Speaker are only concerned about petty party interests, a former Speaker says.

The single bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana has ordered the Election Commission to present all the documents that were presented while registering the party.

The Supreme Court has issued an interim order to first settle whether the Constitutional Bench can sit without the chief justice, who has recused himself from the hearing.

Amid growing leadership handover debate, Thapa is set to contest for party general secretary, five years after an unsuccessful attempt for the same post.

The prime minister appears to have fallen into a trap with coalition partners’ strong reservations about the American programme, as US officials are due to arrive this week.

Government had prorogued last session on August 17 with a view to introducing an ordinance easing party splits.

Unable to trust the Maoists, Deuba has started approaching the main opposition, CPN-UML, mainly for the endorsement of the bill on the MCC grant.

Ordinary people rarely care about complicated political philosophies, say analysts, stressing that politicians should focus on delivery, not jargon.

With some UML assembly members defecting to CPN (Unified Socialist), Oli supporters could slip into minority.

While Janata Samajbadi demands withdrawal of ordinance that eases party splits, CPN (Unified Socialiast) eyes plum ministries. Maoist Centre has its own demands.

Party chair Rabindra Mishra and convener Milan Pandey have called separate meetings of the Central Committee on Thursday.

The central member of the party had contested for the post during the last general convention in 2016 as well.

Formation of CPN (Unified Socialist) and Loktantrik Samajbadi could lead to vote splitting, and for them to gain, they will have to rely on others.