Deuba challengers to stay out of Cabinet, keep him honest

The Thapa-Koirala camp’s strategy seems to be to keep a close eye on the functioning of Sher Bahadur Deuba.

Following the defeat of Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa to party chief Sher Bahadur Deuba in the race for parliamentary party leadership on Wednesday, the party’s dissident faction led by Shekhar Koirala and Thapa has decided to assert itself against the establishment faction in the days ahead.