A year after unification between the two communist allies – the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre (CPN-Maoist Center) - and formation of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP), Members of Parliament (MPs) of the ruling NCP are sharply divided along CPN-UML and CPN-Maoist Center lines over disputed bills and key issues of national importance, reports Republica on June 13. During deliberations in the full House and at Committee meetings, NCP lawmakers with CPN-UML background have supported the bills tabled by the Government in Parliament while ruling party lawmakers from a CPN-Maoist Center background have opposed the bills. The division in the ruling party has surfaced as some of the bills including those on a proposed Media Council, National Human Rights Commission, National Security Council and Guthi land have drawn widespread criticism.