Spokesperson for the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Narayan Kaji Shrestha on November 1 said that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is ready to split NCP but not Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal, reports The Himalayan Times. According to Shrestha, the Prime Minister talked to Dahal over the phone and threatened to ‘take another big step’. According to Shrestha, Dahal told the Prime Minister that he was not for splitting the party and all issues should be discussed in party bodies, but Oli refused to call party bodies’ meeting and abide by the party’s decisions.