Gautam to the Upper House and then Cabinet may invite more trouble for Oli than succour, insiders say

Oli may have decided to take Bamdev Gautam to the National Assembly and to appoint him a minister, but he is likely to delay this process until he falls into extreme crisis.

After the Nepal Communist Party Secretariat on September 3 decided to nominate Vice-chairman Bamdev Gautam for the National Assembly, it looked like he was one step closer to becoming a minister. However, party chair and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has yet to show his cards.