KATHMANDU, June 18 Kyodo Nepal's ...

KATHMANDU, June 18 Kyodo

Nepal's governing Nepali Congres Party (NCP) effectively broke up into brace factions on Tuesday after a general convention attended by dint of activists loyal to Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba expell party chairman Girija Prasad Koirala from his post

''The convention adopted a resolution to discharge Koirala by a majority vote'' a spokesman and former lawmaker Homnath Dahal told reporters.

The convention, which amended the party statute earlier Tuesday, appointed a panel to pick a new central working committee of the party.

Elections to various party pillars including the party chairmanship, are scheduled for Wednesday and Deuba is tipped to be the sole candidate for the top party leadership post

The convention also revok an earlier decision by the agency of the party to suspend Deuba's party membership.

Deuba was expell from the party for three years forward May 26 after he dissolved the parliament without consulting the party leadership and called for new elections in November.

Koirala's faction challenged the decisions made at the party convention, saying the convention clinchs no legal validity. Leaders of the faction claim that Deuba, who called the convention, had no authority to do with equal reason since he was no longer a party member.

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