Even after ten days, protests are continuing in Nepal against the dissolution of the lower house of parliament, The Himalayan Times reported. Thousands on Tuesday marched on the streets of Kathmandu to seek Oli’s ouster from the power.

Supporters of Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Madhav Nepal, both of them Oli’s rival, took out peaceful rallies in the capital demanding Oli’s resignation. Dahal and Madhav Nepal addressed the supporters in Bhrikuti Mandap and called the Oli’s decision an “attack on people’s achievements: democracy, secularism, and federalism.

Dahal also said the prime minister and the president have no right to trample on the constitution that was set by the constituent assembly. Elections aren’t possible on the dates announced by the government, he claimed.

Furthermore, he said, even if the government manages to conduct the polls, it will set a bad precedent for future prime ministers to dissolve parliament whenever they wish, jeopardizing the stability of any future government.

Prime Minister Oli and Dahal both were the co-chair of the ruling NCP. For months, the Dahal faction was leading the charges against the prime minister to step down from the post of the prime minister.

On 20 December, the Oli-led Cabinet recommended the dissolution of the lower house which was approved by President Bidhya Devi Bandhari on the same day.  The decision pushed the party on brink of the vertical split with both factions holding their separate party meetings now.