New Delhi’s close relationship with Nepal, bound in history and culture, and the misperception about China’s relations with Nepal before 1950 have contributed to a skewed understanding of Sino-Nepali relations.
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No political pundit believed that the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) that was formed after the merger of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML), headed by K.P. Sharma Oli, and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre), led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on the eve of the elections in 2018 would split within three years. But it turned into reality after President Bidya Devi Bhandari â at the recommendation of the federal government headed by PM K.P. Sharma Oli â dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR), the lower House of Nepalese parliament on 20 December, 2020, and declared the dates of the election to the HoR on 30 April and 10 May, 2021.