Nepal, Feb. 3 -- As election momentum builds across the country, formal and informal talks have quietly begun among top leaders of the four parties represented in the now-dissolved House of Representatives (HoR). The discussions, according to sources, center on the evolving political landscape and the shifting electoral mood-at a time when parties are officially contesting the polls on their own.

Sources say CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli, Nepali Congress (NC) outgoing President Sher Bahadur Deuba, and Nepali Communist Party (NCP) Coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal met on Sunday evening to discuss recent political developments. Deuba, notably, is not contesting this election.

With internal rifts persisting within the NC, Oli and Dahal are said...