Nepali Congress in turmoil as alliance politics chafes scores of local leaders

Insiders say leaders and cadres in lower committees deprived of their right to speak up.

On Wednesday, senior Nepali Congress leader Shekhar Koirala issued a statement and charged party president Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is also the Prime Minister, with “assassinating the politics” of several Congress leaders and cadres by misusing the party and state mechanisms.