PM Dahal pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal laid a wreath and paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Rajghat on Thursday. Prime Minister Dahal arrived at Rajghat to pay special tribute to Gandhi, who is known as the precursor of peace and non-violence not only in India but across the world. The Indian government has developed Rajghat as a tourist area. Signing the visitors' book kept at Rajghat, PM Dahal commented that Mahatma Gandhi was a torchbearer of non-violence as well as the person who built independent India through peace and satyagraha. PM Dahal arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday leading a Nepali delegation at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Dahal, his Indian counterpart Modi sit for talks

Visiting Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi have sat for talks at the latter's office in Hyderabad House. In the beginning, the two Prime Ministers are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting and it will be followed by the delegation-level meeting. Nepal and India will sign various agreements thereafter. The Prime Ministers of two nations will host a joint press conference. Similarly, the Indian Prime Minister will be hosting a luncheon at the Hyderabad House in honor of Prime Minister Dahal.  

PM Dahal holding important bilateral talks today

Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who is on a four-day official visit to India, is scheduled to hold important bilateral meetings today. The prime minister is slated to visit the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat, and lay a wreath at the memorial this morning. Shortly, he will hold a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House. PM Dahal will address a joint press conference organized after the meeting. The meeting will also be followed by delegation-level talks focusing on mutual interests between the two countries. Other issues to be discussed are energy, electricity trade, commerce and air entry routes, and necessary agreements will take place, it has been said. He will attend a luncheon hosted today in his honor by the Prime Minister of India. The PM is scheduled to pay courtesy calls on the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar. He will address the Nepal-India Business Summit in New Delhi co-organized by the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industries this evening, and interact with business leaders of both the countries. PM Dahal is scheduled to visit Indore, and meet with Governor of Madhya Pradesh Mangubhai C. Patel. He is scheduled to return home at 4: 20 pm on June 3.

State Minister for External Affairs Lekhi welcomes PM Dahal in Delhi (With photos and video)

State Minister for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi welcomed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the New Delhi-based Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday. Prime Minister Dahal had left for India on a four-day official visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi this afternoon. He will hold a bilateral meeting with Modi at the Hyderabad House on Thursday. The prime minister will call on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday and President Droupadi Murmu on Friday. Earlier, the then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was welcomed by foreign secretary and Sher Bahadur Deuba by state minister for tourism.