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Significance
Although his party contested the November 20 elections as a key component of an alliance headed by then premier Sher Bahadur Deuba’s Nepali Congress, it now holds power as part of a coalition that includes KP Sharma Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), an erstwhile rival.
Impacts
Beijing and Delhi will each try to maintain links with key players in both the government and opposition ranks.
The government will come under pressure to ensure that the state does more to tackle high-level corruption.
Concern may grow over whether the judiciary is genuinely functioning independently.
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