After convention impasse, Nepali Congress faces House restoration debate

Some Congress lawmakers in the dissolved House have launched a signature campaign for the cause.

For over a month and a half, Nepali Congress, the largest party in the dissolved House of Representatives, has been debating whether to conduct its party convention before or after the snap elections slated for March. The issue has had the two factions inside the party—the establishment camp led by Acting President Purna Bahadur Khadka and the rival camp led by senior leader Shekhar Koirala and general secretary duo Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma—sharply divided. The party also remains undecided whether to organise a special convention or a regular one.