Thapa and Sharma formally call Congress special convention

Wednesday announcement sets stage for a factional clash ahead of polls. Deuba asks leaders to shun Jan 11-12 event.

A dissident faction of Nepali Congress led by party general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, has decided to press ahead with a special general convention of the party, as demanded by 54 percent of elected representatives of the general convention.