Kathmandu, Dec. 13 -- The 11th general convention of the CPN-UML is set to kick off at Sallaghari, Bhaktapur on Saturday to elect a new leadership in the party.

Over 2,000 delegates including those elected from the party's organisational tiers have already arrived in Kathmandu to participate in the convention, which will be inaugurated by party chair and former prime minister KP Sharma Oli.

As the party has already concluded its policy convention in the first week of September, the general convention will now elect the new leadership amid competition between Oli and senior vice chairman Ishwar Pokhrel.

Party leaders said there is still a slim hope of consensus between Oli and Pokhrel, but it is unlikely. The two factions will announce ...