India, Feb. 3 -- Control of the Chandrapur City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) hangs in the balance as the Congress grapples with open infighting between its two senior leaders from the district- MLA Vijay Wadettiwar and MP Pratibha Dhanorkar- following the recent municipal corporation elections.

Although the Congress has emerged as the single largest party in the 66-member civic body with 27 seats, it has fallen short of the majority mark of 34 and has been unable to keep its corporators united amid the factional feud. With efforts by the state leadership failing to defuse tensions, the matter has now reached the party's national leadership.

Congress national general secretary KC Venugopal is scheduled to hold a meeting in New Delhi on T...