Kathmandu, Nov. 2 -- Hectic parleys, closed-door negotiations and boycotting meetings to pile pressure have become a new norm in Nepali Congress after the Gen Z uprising of September 8 and 9.

The reason is how and when to hold the party's general convention, be it special or regular one.

To solve this riddle, the party has held a series of meetings and consultations from early October but has failed to find reconciliation between two rival factions-one led by party chief Sher Bahadur Deuba and the other by general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma and senior leader Shekhar Koirala.

Thapa and Sharma have already proposed dates and ways to convene the party's 15th general convention.

Since 54 percent of elected general c...