A crucial meeting of Nepal’s ruling communist party to decide the political future of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli was postponed until Monday to allow more time for the leaders to iron out their differences over his style of functioning and anti-India statements.

The meeting of the Nepal Communist Party’s 45-member powerful Standing Committee was scheduled to be held on Saturday at 11am (local time). But it was postponed at the last minute.

The Prime Minister’s press adviser, Surya Thapa, said the meeting was postponed until Monday as the top NCP leaders required more time to forge an understanding on the outstanding issues.

The meeting was supposed to begin at Oli’s official residence in Baluwatar to find a way out from the intra-party crisis which is dragging the ruling party close to a split.