KATHMANDU, Nov. 22 -- The dispute seen among top leaders within the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in Kathmandu has started surfacing at the local level with rival faction cadres starting to obstruct the programs of their leaders.

A group of NCP cadres allegedly belonging to Prime Minister K P Oli were involved in hootings and obstructing a program attended by NCP leader Surendra Pandey, who is considered close to senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, in Chitawan on Saturday. Pandey was one of the six members of the task force formed earlier by the party to recommend measures to resolve the intra-party dispute seen in the NCP.

Local-level leaders and youth activists close to Prime Minister Oli had chanted strong slogans against Pandey, ...