Kathmandu, April 6 -- Despite mounting pressure on Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba to convene an early general convention and amend the party charter as recommended by the party's Mahasamiti meeting last year, it is unlikely that he will consider them and made a compromise with the rival factions.

Deuba, whose leadership is under criticism after the party's poor show in the 2017 elections, is being pressured by the rival factions and the party's district presidents to amend the party charter.

A two-day gathering of 52 district presidents concluded on Thursday, asking the party leadership to either make changes in the party statue as recommended by the Mahasamiti meeting or call a snap convention. The district leaders have s...