Kathmandu, Feb. 26 -- There are 10 days to go for Nepal's Parliament to reconvene as per the Supreme Court verdict on Tuesday.

A lot needs to happen in that time, and a lot more is bound to happen. Much of it will depend on what Prime Minister KP Oli decides to do in the coming days. So far, he says he has no intention of resigning as demanded by Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the rival faction within his ruling NCP.

If he does not resign, Oli's only other alternative is to face a confidence motion in House. Here, it will be parliamentary arithmetics that will determine the course of events. Oli is now in the ironical position of mustering support from a House that he himself dissolved on 20 December.

Oli was celebrating his 70th birthday on Tu...