Kathmandu, Dec. 16 -- The election process to elect the new leadership was postponed to Wednesday morning following a technical glitch in the voting machines during the ongoing general convention of KP Sharma Oli's CPN-UML party.

The election process, which has been postponed more than half a dozen times since Monday, was last scheduled to begin at 7 pm (local time) on Tuesday.

However, nearly an hour after the scheduled time, the process again hit a snag when issues were detected in the electronic system, particularly during the entry of candidates' names.

Party officials later announced that voting would start after 8 am (local time) on Wednesday, provided the technical problems are resolved.

General secretary candidate Shankar Pokh...