Supporters of the Congress chief hold separate gatherings to discuss his leadership and working style.

UML nominees head major constitutional bodies including those related to elections, corruption and human rights.

In all high-level meetings, Victoria Nuland discussed the MCC compact as well as the transitional justice process.

Some Maoist leaders say the party should ask for five years for Dahal as prime minister in return for their support in the March 9 presidential election.

CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party are for allowing Rabi Lamichhane’s party to head the ministry while leaders of prime minister’s party seem strongly against it.

Lamichhane, whose status as Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister and party president was scrapped on Friday by the apex court, reacquired Nepali citizenship and returned to the party top post on Sunday.

Act relating to House of Representatives formation makes one guilty of passport misuse unfit to contest elections.

Labour Minister Dol Prasad Aryal will also lead the parliamentary party.

Dahal’s Maoist Centre, Yadav’s Janata Samajbadi, Nepal’s Unified Socialist and Bhattarai’s Nepal Samajbadi are trying to come together in any form.

Leaders for pursuing the strategy without harming relations with ruling partner UML.

Even after the formation of federal and provincial governments, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the UML chief KP Sharma Oli still harbour mistrust, say observers.

Parties accuse Oli and Dahal of taking decisions unilaterally. Nagarik Unmukti Party fields its own candidate for an upper house seat, going against the alliance.

Congress leaders unsure prime minister will support their presidential candidate despite Dahal’s tricky ties with Oli.

The largest party is attempting to get Dahal’s backing for its presidential candidate.

Leaders also raise a question as to who leads the faction—Koirala or Thapa.

Different political parties, two with just a seat each, have claimed the main opposition status in the House.

Parties like Janata Samajbadi and Loktantrik Samajbadi find themselves ignored in power-sharing negotiations.

Some UML leaders are insisting that the sitting President should be re-appointed to the post. The election for the next President is likely to take place by mid-February.

In its bargain for positions, the new party led by Rabi Lamichhane seems to have forgotten its own commitment to cutting costs of legislature and administration. Experts see the party no different in its quest for power.

UML candidate Dev Raj Ghimire looks almost certain to win.