Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is more likely to journey to India on an official go to subsequent month.
This would be the Nepal PM’s first international journey since assuming the workplace for the third time in December final yr. (File picture)
By Press Trust of India: Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is more likely to journey to India on an official go to subsequent month – his first international journey since assuming the workplace for the third time in December final yr, a media report stated on Thursday.
Though the official date of his go to to India is but to be introduced, boosting bilateral ties and talks on commerce, power, agriculture, tradition and air service will prominently function in his talks with Indian leaders.
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Sources near the 68-year-old Prime Minister stated that his go to to India within the close to future is within the playing cards and the date could be fastened as soon as the Prime Minister will get a vote of confidence from the House of Representatives.
“The visit will take place after the PM seeks a vote of confidence and expands his cabinet,” a supply stated.
Earlier, the Prime Minister had introduced that he would go to India on his first international journey after assuming the publish. The Prime Minister is looking for a vote of confidence from the Parliament on March 20.
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“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has started preparations for the visit,” The Kathmandu Post newspaper reported.
The ministry has began groundwork works for the aim and conferences are being organised with the road ministries to organize the agenda, the every day reported, quoting an official on the Foreign Ministry.
Mid-April would be the tentative date for the Prime Minister to embark for the official go to, stated the paper.
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In July final yr, Prachanda visited India on the invitation of BJP National President J P Nadda. In addition to the BJP president, he had on the time met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.
Prachanda was sworn in because the Prime Minister for the third time on December 26 final yr after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined arms with opposition chief Okay P Sharma Oli.
However, their alliance ended after the Maoist chief determined to help senior Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Ram Chandra Paudel for the President’s publish.
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With the help from the NC and the eighty-party alliance, the Prachanda-led authorities is predicted to comfortably survive the vote of confidence in Parliament.
The eight-party alliance consists of the Nepali Congress, CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN-Unified Socialist, Nagarik Unmukti Party, Janamat Party, Janta Samajwadi Party, Lokatantrik Samajwadi Party and Rastriya Janamorcha.
Prachanda wants solely 138 votes in parliament to proceed his time period because the prime minister.
With the three main events, NC (89), CPN-Maoist Centre (32) and RSP (20), Prachanda is poised to sail by way of the belief vote, with help of not less than 141 lawmakers.
Posted By:
Raajnandini Mukherjee
Published On:
Mar 16, 2023
