Internal Party Conflicts Intensify After Election Setbacks

KATHMANDU. Internal disputes have reached their peak in the smaller opposition parties that suffered a blow in the House of Representatives elections held last February. The opposition Nepali Congress, CPN-UML, CPN (Maoist Centre), and other parties, which have been continuously in power and influence since the establishment of a federal democratic republic in 2065 BS, are trapped in a vicious cycle of internal contradictions.Last year in Bhadra, the Congress-UML coalition government collapsed due to the Genji movement. Genji youth had launched a movement against corruption and malpractices, raising demands for party transformation. In the elections, Congress was reduced to 38...