Sher Bahadur Deuba faction fractures as 31 leaders join Thapa-led Congress

The move follows the party’s decision to accommodate former office-bearers and members as it seeks to avert parallel conventions ahead of the September 19 election process.

Thirty-one leaders aligned with former Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba are set to join the central working committee led by party president Gagan Thapa, after the party agreed to accommodate members of the previous committee as part of efforts to resolve an internal dispute over its upcoming general convention.