Kathmandu, April 9 -- Soon after the Supreme Court on February 23 overturned Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's decision to dissolve the House of Representatives, the main opposition Nepali Congress, Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Centre), and Janata Samajbadi Party have been in formal and informal talks to unseat Oli.

But as the way forward has been an issue of contention, concrete talks between the three parties are yet to take place.

Technically, the CPN-UML government still has the support of the Maoist Centre. In February 2018, the Maoist Centre had lent its support to the UML to form the government. The two parties subsequently merged in May 2018 to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP). But the Supreme Court on March 7 invalidated their me...