Kathmandu, Dec. 15 -- Former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is facing a setback at the ongoing general convention of his party, the CPN-UML, with dissatisfaction growing within his faction as voting for top party positions is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.

The general convention of the Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) was initially scheduled to conclude on Monday.

Nominations were filed for the voting scheduled for Tuesday, during which several prominent leaders who had long stood by Oli switched sides. Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, considered a key leader of the Oli faction, filed his nomination for a central committee seat despite repeatedly seeking the post of general secretary.

"Oli wanted to repeat Shank...