Kathmandu, July 6 -- Amid pressure from party members to save the party unity, two chairs of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on Sunday decided to buy time, agreeing to sit for talks once again on Monday morning.

The ruling party is on the verge of a split due to increasing polarisation.

On Sunday, Oli and Dahal held a meeting at Baluwatar in search of a common ground but failed, as both refused to budge from their stances.

Dahal maintained that Oli must resign both as party chair and prime minister, while the latter refused.

"The two leaders had a heated discussion before both of them decided to talk things out," said a leader who was present in the meeting. "They discussed all the disputed issu...