External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will hold talks with Nepal's top leadership during her two-day visit to Kathmandu starting tomorrow, days ahead of the formation of a new Left alliance government
Sushma Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will hold talks with Nepal's top leadership during her two-day visit to Kathmandu starting tomorrow, days ahead of the formation of a new Left alliance government. Swaraj will be the first senior Indian minister to visit Nepal after the conclusion of elections to local bodies, provincial assemblies and federal Parliament.
ADVERTISEMENT
Nepal successfully concluded three phase of provincial, local and parliamentary elections as part of its efforts to implement the new Constitution that was promulgated in September 2015. Nepal's Left alliance is preparing to form a new government which is expected to be headed by CPN-UML chief and former prime minister K P Oli.
Swaraj will meet Oli, who through a letter congratulated Prime Minister Narenra Modi on the 69th Republic Day of India. She will also meet CPN-Maoist Centre Chairman and former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. She will also call on President Bidhya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba before flying back to New Delhi on Friday.
"This will be a high level goodwill visit," said the Indian embassy sources. The high-level visit from India is being considered significant in the political spectrum here. Prime Minister Modi had congratulated Oli for the success achieved by his party in the elections. The clear victory to the Left alliance -- CPN-UML led by Oli and the CPN-Maoist led by Prachanda -- was not seen as a positive development for India given that Oli had publicly criticised New Delhi for interfering in Nepal's internal matters and accused it of toppling his government last year.
The content/reporting displayed on our website www.mid-day.com is provided "AS-IS," "AS AVAILABLE, by us from third party, agencies, sources, without any verification from our side. It may contain error, bugs and other limitations. The reader's can rely on the content at their own will. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability, data, text, images, video, messages, or any other material whatsoever or for any claims/loss/action that the reader may suffer as a result of relying on the content on our site. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever.
Catch up on all the latest Mumbai, National and International news here
Download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go
Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!
