After the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly (CA) on May 27, the political parties were set on a collision course. Though they had announced new elections to the CA for November 22, 2012, it could not be held due to lack of consensus among the parties. Most of the time, they were focused on accusations and counter-accusations. The parties did not budge from their stances despite efforts at consensus. Instead, they started forming fronts against each other. Instead of political consensus, this pushed the country towards further polarisation

Though the President Ram Baran Yadav took lead in managing the political transition and encouraged consensus, power-centric politics of the parties became an obstacle. The parties not only ignored the President’s encouragements and suggestions, they attempted to use the Office of the President for their own advantage. This created occasional rifts between the Office of the President and the Office of the Prime Minister. Despite accusing each other and refusing to accept the other’s leadership, they have given continuity to meetings and discussions. When there was no consensus between the parties and the government announced another date for the elections in April 2013, the President called for consensus government. With differences on the government, the constitution, elections among others, the parties could not recommend a consensus prime minster, and the series of extending the deadline for new government formation at the request of the parties by the President began.

Accusations and Counter-accusations
The announcement by the government of the new date for the elections to the CA further fuelled the discord between the parties. The ministers in the government from UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) resigned from the government accusing the UCPN(M) of not consulting the parties while announcing the date and of backing away from the five-point May 15 agreement. After the ministers from Nepali Congress withdrew from the government, the all-party government changed character, and the parties started accusing each other for being responsible for dissolution of the CA. Nepali Congress, UML, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal, Sharat Singh Bhandari of Forum Loktantrik, and co-chairperson of Rastriya Janashakti Party submitted a memorandum to the President, accusing the government of demonstrating totalitarian character.

The chairperson of UCPN (M) Pushpa Kamal Dahal stated the CA was dissolved because of UML and Nepali Congress, accusing them of being against identity-based federalism. Congress accused the UCPN(M) of picking issues on federalism, stating that the model of federalism proposed by UCPN(M) neglects both identity and capacity of the future states. Prime minister Baburam Bhattarai stated the CA was dissolved due to the contradiction between the progressives and the status-quoists. UML accused the UCPN (M) of being the main culprit behind the dissolution of the CA, terming the decision as not being sudden, forced, or unexpected. Nepali Congress also accused UCPN (M) of dissolving the CA through a conspiracy, as a planned attempt to capture power, terming the move unconstitutional, regressive, and dictatorial. The meeting of opposition parties on June 7 stated that peace process, democracy, federalism and constitution-drafting were in peril at the same time and it was a historical responsibility to counter the UCPN (M) attempt at totalitarianism. Even the vice-chairperson of UCPN (M) Mohan Vaidya and general secretary Ram Bahadur Thapa accused their senior leaders of being mostly responsible for the dissolution of the CA, especially prime minister Baburam Bhattarai.