Kathmandu, Dec. 31 -- At a time when other parties have stepped up election preparations, the grand old party Nepali Congress has plunged into a cycle of crisis and ambiguity over holding its general convention.

The party had started discussions on leadership change as per the mandate of the Gen Z movement and convened meetings of the central working committee and central work execution committee, and also held rounds of discussion at different levels.

But the Congress has yet to reach a decision on the party convention. Earlier, the party had planned to hold its 15th general convention from January 10 t0 12, but due to time constraints and disputes, the timetable to hold lower level party conventions has been affected. Now, the debate ...