Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa is most likely reshuffling the cabinet before his departure to Islamabad on January 2, Nepal Samacharpatra said Sunday, quoting “sources close to PM Thapa.”

From the reshuffle, Ambassador-at-large Dr. Bhekh Bahadur Thapa will benefit the most, as he is likely to be promoted as the Foreign Affairs Minister, the daily said.

After being failing in its bid to constitute an all-party government, the Cabinet now aims at including some RPP central committee members to give the government an all-party shape, the daily said.

PM Thapa has consistently been pledging the parliamentarian parties to join the government. On the other hand, parties have been ignoring the proposal remaining firm on their one-point demand of PM’s resignation. nepalnews.com mr Dec 28