Kathmandu, Jan. 11 -- Nepali Congress general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma inaugurated the party's special general convention at Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu, on Sunday by lighting a traditional lamp.

From early morning, cadres took out rallies in support of the convention from Kupandole in Lalitpur and several locations in Kathmandu, including Sundhara, Ratna Park, Padmakanya Campus Chowk, Shankardev Campus and Kamalpokhari, before converging into a gathering at the venue.

Hundreds of Congress delegates have arrived in Kathmandu to participate in the jamboree.

The convention was inaugurated by the general secretaries duo after party president Sher Bahadur Deuba and acting president Purna Bahadur Khadka declined to at...