Kathmandu, Jan. 25 -- As All Nepal National Independent Students' Union (Revolutionary), the student wing of the CPN (Maoist Centre), votes to elect new leadership on Saturday, some of the contenders have questioned the impartiality of the election committee.

The election committee had slated Tuesday as the nomination day while the final list of the contenders was published on Friday evening. However, the student leaders say the election committee under an influence is working to favour the candidates close to party chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

"At one point rumours were spread that some leaders including me were withdrawing. When the final list was published, some names were missing while some others had been changed," Sudin Paudel,...