Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has signalled that he has no intention of resigning his post, a day after the country’s Supreme Court reversed his decision to dissolve Parliament. Instead, Oli mocked his opponents — Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Madhav Kumar Nepal who jointly head a rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party — for distributing sweets after the court verdict. Maybe they will start demanding my resignation again,” Oli said, making it clear that he would not quit. This is seen as an indication by the leaders of the rival NCP faction that they were ready to support a consensus candidate to oust Oli. The party has, however, said Prachanda would withdraw his name in favour of a “joint” candidate.

Source: Indian Express February 24, 2021 18:56 UTC