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Prime Minister Oli has been one est party in the House after the after March 2021, and finally, the JSP. However, for now, all
of the most influential Chairman Supreme Court verdict of March due to the convergence of inter- eyes are set on whether the Su-
of the UML since July 2014. He 7, 2021, it continued to enjoy a est between the CPN-UML and preme Court would validate the
has also been the most powerful majority till May 4 as the MC did the Mahantha Thakur faction of President’s action.
prime minister in the post-con- not withdraw its support to the
stitution period. He had secured government. Nihar R Nayak is Research Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for
close to an absolute majority It is clear that Oli has sur- Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi
in the House of Representa- vived in power due to his strong Views expressed are of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
tives due to the merger of the leadership within the party and
MC with the CPN-UML in the in the government, support from views of the Manohar Parrikar IDSA or of the Government of India
post-election period. Second, the MC, failure of the opposition This is the abridged version of the article which appeared first in the
though Prime Minister Oli’s parties to table a no-confidence Comment section of the website (www.idsa.in) of Manohar Parrikar
CPN-UML turned into the larg- motion against his government Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi on June 7, 2021

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