Kathmandu, Jan. 3 -- A day after the Nepali Congress Central Work Execution Committee decided to hold the party's general convention on May 11-14 and amid objections from the party's general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, party leaders have engaged in multiple meetings to find the way forward.

Party leader Shekhar Koirala, who earlier backed the special convention idea but now refuses to support Thapa and Sharma, has piled trouble on the general secretaries. After two lines appeared in the party supporting the special convention and the general convention, Congress leaders and cadres expressed fears that such a rift could lead to a split in the party.

Thapa and Sharma, who hold firm on organising a Special Convention...