Narendra Modi's visit makes huge splash in Nepali media

Kathmandu Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis maiden visit to Nepal made banner headlines in Nepali dailies with one saying Modi has won hearts and another noting that his speech in the parliament left lawmakers spellboundDailies gave wide coverage to Modis visit that began on Sunday as news were accompanied with photographs of Modis address to Nepals parliament his meeting with Nepali counterpart and mingling with the people on the streetsAs soon as Modis visit was announced Nepali media had started giving importance to his visit offering commentaries oped and several other news items related to his itineraryPrime Minister Narendra Modi File picPTIModi mantra wins Nepali heart said Nepali leading English daily The Kathmandu Post along with several photographsThe newspaper also ran another story about Modis 1 billion offer as a soft loan to NepalModi told Nepali and Indian officials during the delegation level talks on Sunday that he wants to see tangible progress on cooperation in energy sector before the 18th SAARC Summit to be held in Kathmandu in November said the newspaperAnother interesting story was Modi Mania Rousing Remarks in Social Media which said ModiInNepal was the fourth most tweeted subject while keywords like narendramodi nepal pmoindia modi buddha kathmandu and constitution were among the highest trending on TwitterAnother English language newspaper The Himalayan Times said Modi for better ties with Nepal and gave wide coverage related to his various engagements in Kathmandu throughout the dayEnglish daily Republica gave headline news on Modis address to the House Indian PM backs Federal Democratic Republic Nepal Praises Maoists for choosing the path of BuddhaAnother leading Nepali daily here Kantipur made banner news over his address in the parliament and noted that his splendind speech left MPs spellboundAn editorial in the daily said Modis visit is meant to jumpstart a new phase in relations between the two countriesThere is much excitement in Nepal and some believe that all the years of mistrust and suspicion will immediately be overcomeBut as the failure of the power agreements demonstrate old problems cannot easily be swept under the carpet It will require sustained effort in order to overcome past problems it saidThe newspaper also ran several news items regarding the visit of Modi with half dozen photos in first and second pagesVernacular newspapers too ran banner news of Modis visit his address to the house and his engagements in KathmanduNagarik Naya Patrika Nepal Samchar Patra Rajdani and several others major dailies have also contributed their entire front pages to Modis visit which media experts claimed was unprecedented coverage of any contemporary national or international eventsModis reaching out to public in the street of Kathmandu also caught the attention of the mediaI was shocked when I saw PM Modi came out from his car and started shaking hands with public Arunakar Chand an engineer was quoted as sayingThen people started chanting Narendra Modi jindabad Modi ko jay hos he said Then he waved his hands which was really an emotional event for every one present he said