As the second wave brings deaths and infections to a record high, critics say Nepal's top leadership has largely ignored the health crisis and has instead placed its primary focus on reforming the government.
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Oli had recommended dissolving the House of Representatives last December, but it was reinstated by the Supreme Court in February, which said the move to dissolve the legislature was unconstitutional.
After Oli lost the confidence motion, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari called on political parties to come up with a proposal to form a majority coalition government of two or more parties, within three days.
The leadership of all four political parties represented in the House the CPN-UML, CPN-Maoist Centre, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) and Nepal Workers and Peasants Party (NWPP) were busy in internal meetings and intraparty discussions as to whether or not to keep the Oli government intact.