Nepal, Jan. 11 -- Kulman Ghising parts ways with RSP less than two weeks after alliance as NC holds special convention amid internal power struggle The 12-day political partnership of Kulman Ghising with Rabi Lamichhane and Balen Shah that ended on Saturday was brief even by Nepali standards.

The Ujyalo Nepal Party backed by Ghising and Lamichhane's RSP had inked a deal to unite on 29 December, one day after Balen Shah formed an agreement with the RSP to contest the election under the party's banner.

The alliance between the RSP and Ghising is said to have fallen apart after Ghising asked for institutional and ideological changes within the party, and for members of his team to be given key positions including senior vice-chair and gen...