Biratnagar, September 25, 2026 — Most local-level conventions of the Nepali Congress have been completed in the Tarai districts of Koshi Province as part of the party’s 15th General Convention.
According to Narayan Koirala, secretary of the Nepali Congress Koshi Province office, voting is underway in Inaruwa Municipality of Sunsari district. In Biratnagar, a clash between two groups occurred during the ward convention in Ward No. 6.
Koirala said local-level conventions in most of the province’s hill districts have not yet started because of continuous rainfall. He said the remaining conventions are expected to be completed by the 13th.
“There was a dispute in Biratnagar Ward No. 6. Voting is currently taking place in Inaruwa,” Koirala said, adding that the schedule had been pushed back because of continuous rainfall.
Meanwhile, a physical altercation occurred between two groups during voting at the Nepali Congress ward convention in Biratnagar Metropolitan City-6.
Police briefly detained one person in connection with the incident. The person was identified as Ershad Ahmad, a candidate for regional representative under the Muslim quota from Biratnagar-6.
The unidentified man found inside a sack near the Keshaliya River in Sunsari has been identified as Lalji Prasad Gupta, a 65-year-old Indian national and longtime Biratnagar shopkeeper.
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