Nepal, March 19 -- This week, the RSP held a two-day closed orientation camp for its newly elected members of Parliament. The party has also decided to assign parliamentary and Cabinet roles to leaders only after the new MPs are sworn in on 28 March.

This means the new prime minister and his cabinet of 15 ministers are likely to be installed closer to the Nepali New Year, and the expectation is that it will also usher in a new era of governance and politics in Nepal.

Between now and then, there is much speculation regarding who will become new ministers and from which camp-Balendra Shah's or Rabi Lamichanne's. Meanwhile, the final argument in the petition against the Rabi Lamichanne case revision is set for Thursday, with a verdict ex...