Nepal ex-PM Prachanda on 3-day India Visit

Nepal's former prime minister and CPN (Maoist Centre) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda embarked on a three-day India visit on Friday during which he is scheduled to meet top government functionaries and forge an understanding on several topics that remain unresolved between the two neighbouring countries.

Prachanda's Secretariat said he is visiting New Delhi at the invitation of BJP president JP Nadda. The visit is aimed at strengthening party-to-party relationship with BJP, said Ganesh Shah, a senior party leader and Standing Committee member of the CPN (Maoist).

Prachanda is scheduled to meet PM Modi on Sunday before returning to Nepal, the Kathmandu Post reported.