KATHMANDU, Jan. 24 -- Rival factions of the ruling Nepal Communist Party led by KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal have been holding counter rallies against one another.

After the Nepal-Dahal faction held a massive public gathering in the capital on Friday, the Oli -led camp is holding a similar mass assembly on February 5 to counter the Dahal-led faction.

After the Dahal-Nepal faction started to show its "public strength" by organising programs across the country against the dissolution of the House of Representatives, the Oli-le faction is holding similar programs in coming weeks.

According to the Oli-led faction, leaders and activists from all over the country will participate in the mass assembly to be organized by the Bagmati Pr...