As the ruling Nepal Communist Party is sinking in the mire of a deepening feud, its leaders are holding factional gatherings in, what insiders say, attempts to gauge their strengths.

With the next Standing Committee meeting scheduled for Sunday and a Central Committee meeting for December 20, factions led by party chairs KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal are talking to leaders from their groups so as to devise their strategies.

So far, Dahal, backed by Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhala Nath Khanal, Bamdev Gautam and Narayan Kaji Shrestha, appears to have the upper hand as he controls the majority in the Standing Committee.

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