Kathmandu, July 30 -- Tensions between Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma have resurfaced in the CPN (Maoist Centre). Dahal and Sharma, who had taken opposing sides during the party's Standing Committee meeting held in August last year, are again at odds.

The recent discord became apparent after the two leaders publicly criticised each other from different platforms.

On July 23, during a programme commemorating Pushpalal Memorial Day, Sharma remarked that-except for Manmohan Adhikari-none of Nepal's communist prime ministers had been able to stay away from middlemen and commissions. Maoist Centre chair Dahal has held the office of prime minister for three times till date.

Sharma's veiled critici...