A dispute sparked by the selection of Nepali Congress election candidates in Dadeldhura has worsened. Dissenting NC leaders and cadres who had staged silent rallies for the last two days, obstructed the road and held a protest meeting in district headquarters Baghkhor for one hour today. NC Dadeldhura Acting President Karunakar Bhatta accused the party leadership of favouritism in the distribution of election tickets. “The tickets should have been distributed on the basis of the recommendation of the district level, but the heavyweights have obliged their near and dear ones by ignoring leaders and cadres who have been working for the party for long,” Bhatta said, adding that dissatisfied leaders and cadres were preparing to field a rebel candidate if the ‘faulty’ decision of the party was not rectified. Party leader Hari Bhatta also protested the party’s decision. “Though there is no chance of winning for other political parties in the district, if the NC doesn’t change its decision and field deserving candidates, the party is sure to lose out to other political parties,” said Bhatta, accusing the leadership of fielding candidates who had acted against the party in the past. Another General Convention representative Tarak Budha Eir also resented the selection of candidates and pledged to continue their agitation until the decision was changed. दुई नगरपालिका र पाँच गाउँपालिका रहेको डडेल्धुरामा नेपाली कांग्रेसमा ठूलो विवाद देखिएको छ । जिल्लाबाट सिफारिस गरेकालाई नदिई केन्द्रका नेताले आफूअनुकूललाई टिकट दिएको भन्दै लगातार प्रदर्शन भइरहेको छ । जिल्लामा भएको विरोधलाई बेवास्ता गर्दा पार्टी सभापति एवं प्रधानमन्त्री शेरबहादुर देउवाकै जिल्लामा आसन्न निर्वाचन परिणाममा असर पर्ने देखिँदैछ । यही असार १४ गते हुन लागेको दोस्रो चरणको स्थानीय तहको निर्वाचनमा नेपाली कांग्रेस डडेल्धुराको तर्फबाट सम्भावित लोकप्रिय उम्मेदवारलाई टिकट नदिईएको भन्दै हातमा कालो पट्टी बाँधेर मौन जुलुस, प्लेकार्ड जुलुस लगायतका विरोधका कार्यक्रम गर्दै निर्णय सच्याईनुपर्ने माग राखेका छन् । दुई महिनासम्म उम्मेदवारको टुंगो नलगाई एक्कासी मनोमानी ढंगले टिकट वितरण गरिएको व्यक्तिवादी प्रबृतिका विरोधमा नेपाली कांग्रेस डडेल्धुरा अमरगढी नगर समितिका सभापति दानबहादुर पालको अगुवाईमा प्रदर्शन भएको हो । उम्मेदवार छनौट प्रक्रियाका लागि जिल्लाको विभिन्न तहबाट सिफारिस गरिएको मापदण्डलाई लत्याउँदै केन्द्रीय नेतृत्वले आफूखुशी निर्णय गरेकोले नगर तथा गाउँपालिकाका मतदाताहरुको चाहना विपरीत भएको ठहर अमरगढी नगरपालिकाका पहिलो तथा पूर्व मेयर मोहनराज पाठकको छ ।