Kathmandu, Nov. 15 -- The Cabinet reshuffle that was supposed to take place at the end of the week never materialised but Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who is also co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, has been holding marathon sessions with party leaders in order to bring them all on board with his restructuring plans.

Oli has been meeting with Co-chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal for several hours every day, despite the fact that the two have not seen eye-to-eye in recent months. Oli has also been speaking to Madhav Kumar Nepal, a senior leader who has long felt slighted by the two chairmen.

Party leaders say that Oli is trying to mend fences with dissatisfied leaders in order to gain party-wide support for the reshuffle.

"Oli has bee...