Kathmandu, Nov. 11 -- For over a month and a half, Nepali Congress, the largest party in the dissolved House of Representatives, has been debating whether to conduct its party convention before or after the snap elections slated for March. The issue has had the two factions inside the party-the establishment camp led by Acting President Purna Bahadur Khadka and the rival camp led by senior leader Shekhar Koirala and general secretary duo Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma-sharply divided. The party also remains undecided whether to organise a special convention or a regular one.

Amid this, Congress has now found itself wrestling with a third debate-whether to support the calls for the restoration of the House, which was dissolved soon...