Delegate dispute delays RSP closed session, leadership vote

A row over representation and last-minute adjustments for merged factions delayed proceedings Monday. Closed session starts today.

Paraswar Kandel, a 75-year-old delegate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, travelled from Baglung to help choose the party’s new leadership. Instead, he spent five hours in Chitwan’s sweltering 36-degree Celsius heat on Monday waiting for the closed session to begin.