Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has left for New Delhi, India on a three-day official visit on Friday.

PM Deuba is accompanied by his wife Arzu Deuba.

Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand and Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Parshuram Sharma other high-ranking officials bade farewell to the prime minister at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA).

Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka, Health Minister Birodh Khadka, Energy Minister Pampha Bhusal and Agriculture Minister Mahendra Raya Yadav are also accompanying PM Deuba.

PM Deuba, who is also the President of ruling Nepali Congress, is scheduled to meet Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar at 4 pm today.

During the visit, the head of the government is scheduled to hold a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House on Saturday.

He will pay a courtesy call on Indian Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu at 4 pm tomorrow.

On the third day of the visit, the delegation including the prime minister will leave for Banaras.

He will return home on the same day.