Kathmandu, Jan. 13 -- One of Nepal's oldest parties, the Nepali Congress, is on the verge of a split ahead of the March elections as the special convention heads towards elections to choose new top party officials.

The special convention, which started on Sunday, formally began the election process from Tuesday noon to elect new top party officials, including the party president and provincial presidents.

Election representatives swarmed the party's election commission office to file their nominations for various posts till late Tuesday evening.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the closed-door session of the special convention underway in Kathmandu, General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa claimed the party event was not merely a routine ...