Kathmandu, Nov. 27 -- The Nepali Congress has further postponed its central working committee meeting to Friday as the party struggles to sort the issue of when to hold its general convention.

Several open and closed door meetings were held to reach a consensus on holding the party's convention but the matter continues to be knotty, said party leaders.

On Wednesday two rival factions, one led by party chief Sher Bahadur Deuba and the other jointly by the general secretary duo Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma and Shekhar Koirala, held their meetings with an aim to pressurise each other to agree to their agendas.

Acting party president Purna Bahadur Khadka is engaging with both factions in order to find a meeting point and has held ...