NCP's Prachanda-led faction expels PM Oli from party's general membership

The decision was taken after Oli failed to produce explanation to his recent moves as sought by party leadership, sources said

The ruling Nepal Communist Party's splinter faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda' on Sunday expelled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli from the party's general membership.
 

The decision to remove Oli from the party's general membership was taken at the Standing Committee meeting of the faction led by former prime ministers Prachanda and Madhav Kumar Nepal after Oli failed to produce explanation to his recent moves as sought by party leadership, sources said.
 

Earlier in December, the splinter group had removed Oli, one of the two chairmen of the ruling party, as the party chair. Madhav Nepal was named