In a major political development in Nepal, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has been removed as the parliamentary leader of Nepal Communist Party due to internal turbulence within the party.
The removal of Oli, who is seen by many as China’s proxy has now triggered a fresh political crisis in the land-locked Himalayan nation.
Oli was removed from the position after a meeting took place between Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, and Madhav Kumar Nepal. After the meeting, Prachanda has been appointed Prachanda as the new parliamentary party leader.
Madhav Kumar Nepal said, “Oli has made several mistakes… hence we were compelled to remove him from the party chair and parliamentary party leader,”.
“If he admits his mistake and apologises, we can consider him to be welcomed again in the party,” Nepal said.
The development which many had seen in the making happened on Tuesday (December 22), as the central committee meeting chaired by the Dahal-Nepal faction of the party had expelled Oli as the party’s chairperson while picking senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal as its other chairperson.
To consolidate there position, the Dahal-Nepal faction of the NCP has reached out to the Election Commission to claim that they hold a majority in the party and constitutionally, therefore, should be given official recognition.
To ensure complete dominance over Oli, former Prime Ministers Prachanda and Nepal on Tuesday forwarded a proposal to take disciplinary action against the PM and remove him from the post of party chairman. This rebellion started after intensified after Oli dissolved the House of Representatives on Sunday.
Oli had chosen to dissolve the House of Representatives after he failed to command a majority in his party, the two sides have been holding parallel party meetings.
For the last few years, Prachanda had been sidelined by Oli because of pressure from China who thought of him as an independent thinker.