Kathmandu, Oct. 31 -- A fresh but serious debate has surfaced in the Nepali Congress over whether to hold the party's convention soon or only after the March 5 general elections. Moreover, the party is still undecided whether to hold a regular general convention or a special one.

This issue has caused friction between the two Congress factions and the situation is worsening.

After the party failed to come up with a timeline to hold the general convention-special or regular, one of the two general secretaries, Gagan Thapa, did not even attend the party's Central Working Committee meeting on Thursday.

Ahead of the meeting, Thapa met separately with Acting President Purna Bahadur Khadka and the other general secretary, Bishwa Prakash Shar...