BARDIBAS, Sept. 11 -- Factional infighting in the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has spread to its lower echelons as the party struggles to contain the widespread discontent that started with the appointment of office bearers at the center, provinces and districts.
At least half a dozen cadres were injured, one of them seriously, when two factions of the ruling NCP clashed over the appointment of the party's district committee members in Bardibas on Tuesday, police said.
The incident occurred during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly appointed members of the party's Siraha and Saptari district chapters at a community hall. Leaders present said the clash erupted after Prabhu Sah, the party's Province 2 in charge, pressed on with the oath-t...