What's changed since you became prime minister?
Initially, I thought it would be easy to work according to the people's expectations and the spirit of the commitment letter. But it's been challenging?although not impossible. We've already made solid changes though, in terms of budget, international relations and infrastructural development.

Are you disillusioned yet?
Work is being done. It may be slow due to procedural matters but it hasn't yet got to the stage where we are disillusioned. With the commissions, for instance, we just want work to be done quicker.

Why haven't the commissions for women and land reform been formed yet?
There's no rush. We've taken steps but it'll take time due to 'bureaucratic hurdles'.

What did you mean when you said that you may leave the government?
I mentioned something when I spoke at Chitwan and Kathmandu. However, what I said was exaggerated by the media. What I meant was that our government is not obsessed over the 'chair' and if we aren't able to bring positive change here, we don't see the use of staying. We're not going to stay by force. Instead, we'll question why we couldn't bring changes and go to the people. I mentioned this as a broad possibility; I didn't mean that we'll leave today or tomorrow.

Isn't that like giving up due to your own incompetence?
The Kangresis think that we are using this as a threat, it's not true. We're not losing hope either. It's just that we wanted some things to be fast-paced, and that hasn't happened. But we're not denying our weaknesses.

If you had to give yourself a score out of 100 since you became prime minister?[Laughs] Between 60 and 70.