Former Prime Minister of Nepal and chair of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, will be meeting with BJP president J.P. Nadda at the party’s national headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday.
Mr Dahal, who is expected to arrive in the city on Friday will be visiting the BJP headquarters at the invitation of Mr. Nadda, confirmed BJP foreign affairs cell convenor Vijay Chauthaiwale. “Prachanda will be meeting with BJP president J.P. Nadda on Sunday as part of the ‘Know the BJP’ programme that had been launched with a view to increasing understanding about the party among those outside India,” said Mr. Chauthaiwale. Mr. Dahal’s visit comes on the heels of Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba’s visit to the BJP headquarters earlier in the year.
According to sources the precise programme and list of attendees for the meeting are still being drawn up. “There have been hardly any interactions between us and Prachanda at the party level. The last time he was here officially was as Prime Minister and later he was on various personal visits where we didn’t arrange an interaction,” said sources.
