The Nepali Congress on Monday ended a prolonged internal dispute by unanimously endorsing a proposal to hold the party’s general convention from January 10 to 12.

Party spokesperson Prakash Sharan Mahat said that the central working committee meeting held at Sanepa-based party office approved the general convention date proposed by acting party president Purna Bahadur Khadka.

According to Mahat, Khadka also presented a detailed timeline covering active membership distribution, renewal and verification, as well as conventions at ward, municipal, constituency, provincial, district and provincial levels.

Monday’s unanimous decision stands in contrast to the deadlock for nearly two months. Rival factions were at odds over whether to hold the party’s general convention before or after the parliamentary elections on March 5. They also disputed over whether to convene a regular general convention or a special convention as demanded by over half of the elected representatives.

Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s return from Singapore on November 14 had renewed negotiations among senior leaders, but disagreements persisted despite several rounds of talks.

Leaders close to Deuba argued that a special convention risked dividing the party ahead of the parliamentary polls, while general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma pushed for a special convention if a regular one could not be held by December-end.

Acting president Khadka had repeatedly said he would postpone central committee meetings unless a consensus was reached. Monday’s unanimous endorsement is therefore seen as a breakthrough, aligning the party behind a regular convention in mid-January—an option Deuba had earlier proposed as a compromise.