It appears that the most discussed person at the Nepali Congress convention was Bam Dev Gautam. What he said in his speech to the delegates raised his profile. He said: ?Whatever needs to be done can be only done by the Congress. If the Congress cannot do it, then there is no one else who can take the country forward. Therefore the Congress should move ahead and start the work of nation building.? This definitely made Bam Dev the topic of every discussion in Pokhara.