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Oli’s Coup
The sudden decision taken by Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to dissolve Parliament on Sunday has plunged the Himalayan country into a new phase of political turmoil. Though the crisis is due to an internal power struggle within the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the development has supposedly rattled China which is trying to encircle India with the help of Nepal and Pakistan. China has, for the past few months, been striving to keep the NCP united so that Nepal remains under its orbit of influence. Earlier this month, China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe and a number of senior diplomats and leaders of the Communist Party of China (CCP) visited Nepal. They met top leaders of the NCP, including Oli and his co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, advising them to resolve their differences and remain united.