Kathmandu, March 25 -- The Nepali Congress has proposed holding its 15th General Convention in Kathmandu from September 9 to 11. A proposal to this effect was tabled in the party's Central Working Committee meeting on Tuesday.

After failing to hold the 15th general convention on time, then general secretary duo Gagan Thapa, Bishwa Prakash Sharma and some Congress leaders staged an internal revolt and organised the special convention from January 10 to 12 in Kathmandu. The convention picked Thapa as president, who led the party in the March election.

A large section of the party, led by its immediate past president Sher Bahadur Deuba and leader Shekhar Koirala, did not attend the special convention. Yet some of those from the Deuba and K...