KATHMANDU: A growing dispute has erupted within the All Nepal National Independent Students Union (Revolutionary), or ANNISU-R, the student wing of CPN (Maoist Center), after the closed session was postponed until Wednesday.
The closed session, which was being held at the conference venue in Kirtipur, was halted until 10 a.m. on Ashwin 17, leading to acts of vandalism at the site.
The conference, which began on Ashwin 10, fell into uncertainty due to disputes over age limits. Dissatisfied members caused the disruption after the session was suspended and the responsibility to resolve the leadership selection and age-limit issues was handed over to the party.
Though the Maoist Center had assigned Deputy General Secretary Shakti Basnet to resolve the dispute, his efforts were unsuccessful. Chaos erupted again on Tuesday at the conference, leading to further vandalism and clashes.
The disgruntled group broke 95 plastic chairs at the conference site, along with three chairs from the office of the Head of the General Administrative Division of Tribhuvan University.
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