KATHMANDU, July 2 -- The government has decided to prorogue the ongoing budget session of parliament.

A cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister's Official Residence in Baluwatar on Thursday made a decision to recommend to President Bidya Devi Bhandari to this effect.

The abrupt decision of the government comes amid growing intra-party dispute within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP).

A meeting of the rival faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal held in Jhamsikhel on Wednesday evening had decided to seek resignation of Prime Minister KP Oli both from the post of prime minister and the party's chairman.

This came in the wake of Prime Minister Oli alleging that forces within Nepal and India were trying to oust h...