Political intrigue is a recurring theme of Nepal . Since the Nepalese royal massacre of 2001 , the country broke out into civil war that only ended in 2006 , the victors being UCPN-M power brokers who forced Parliament and King Gyanendra to integrate them ; the king later was forced to resign . The two big boys of UCPN-M are ex-Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai and party head Prachanda . Despite their once powerful posts and many disgruntled members having left the party with a few cadres after disputes and failures to get economic and political traction , the party never suffered from fallout as great as it has in 2015 , when Baburam Bhattarai on 26 September severed ties with Prachanda and the UCPN-M amidst the Constitutional crisis and early days of the blockade , reducing the once formidable UCPN-M to an also-run political force despite its 80/600 parliamentary representation . Bhattarai stated '' chances of me joining an old or a cracked house is out of option . '' The ruling Nepali Congress itself had been under intense pressure due to failure to act on quake relief and the blockade , this and the UCPN-M split paved the way for Khadga Prashad Oli of CPN-UML to become PM on 11 October
Nepalese royal massacre
Nepalese royal massacre
2015 Nepal blockade