KP Sharma Oli has been reappointed prime minister of Nepal as opposition parties have failed to form a government in the Himalayan nation.  Oli was acting as a caretaker prime minister since Monday when he had lost a trust vote in parliament. President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, thereafter, had asked political parties to form a government which they failed to do. 

The opposition alliance of Nepali Congress and NCP- Maoist Centre had failed to gather a majority in a bid to present a claim to the government. The Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) - whose support is crucial to forming a government- refused to form an alliance, paving way for KP Sharma Oli to once again take charge. 

Now, Oli will have to prove his majority within 30 days; failure to do so would mean the dissolution of the house and general elections. He has already started rapprochement with disgruntled leaders within his party, the CPN-UML. 

On Thursday, he held a meeting with former prime minister Madhav Nepal who holds 20 MPs of the CPN-UML. All these 20 members had boycotted the trust motion earlier this week. 

(SAM)