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Law Minister Sobita Gautam takes aim at the judiciary’s ‘inverted pyramid’ and announces plans to reclaim state policy from external consultants.

When Sobita Gautam entered the federal parliament in 2022 at just 27, she was framed as a symbolic byproduct of a transient anti-establishment wave. Fast forward to today: at 31, the lawyer and former television host heads the Law Ministry, shaping the halls of power. Having secured a high-stakes electoral victory in Chitwan-3 in the 2026 snap polls, Gautam has rapidly consolidated her political capital, recently defeating high-profile peer Dr. Toshima Karki to claim the coveted seat of Vice-Chairperson of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).