Kathmandu, May 17 -- All is not well with Nepal's grand old party, Nepali Congress.

After the Supreme Court recognised the Gagan Thapa faction as the official Nepali Congress on April 17, it appeared that the feud inside the party had been put to rest. But that has not been the case. Multiple efforts to keep Congress united are yielding no results, party leaders say.

Ending the three-month-long dispute over the party's legitimacy, the Supreme Court recognised Thapa-led Congress as official one last month, paving the way for rival factions to carry out parallel activities across the country.

The party is heading towards the split, said former vice president Purna Bahadur Khadka, who is leading the group of dissident voices inside the pa...