Kathmandu, 14 September: The ward convention of home district of Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress(NC) has been dragged into controversy as it was conducted without consent of  district President. Rival faction of the party led by Ram Chandra Poudel has demanded that the Central Election Committee of the party should invalidate the ward level convention held under the 14th general convention of the party in Dadeldhura. Organizing a press conference on Monday, Poudel said that the power of the state was used in the convention by avoiding democratic norms and values. People's News Monitoring Service