KATHMANDU: A source close to NC leader Ram Chandra Paudel told this daily that he was not satisfied with the Cabinet. “The Cabinet was formed unilaterally without discussing names of NC leaders who could be inducted in Deuba’s Cabinet,” the source added.

Another NC source said Deuba had sought names of two members from the Paudel faction for the Cabinet but Paudel told Deuba that he would give the names only if he knew which portfolios they would get. A source close to Deuba said the PM might not induct any other NC lawmaker into the Cabinet before the second phase of local polls.