My get together & BJP have totally different ideologies however frequent goal of uplifting poor: Nepal ex-PM Prachanda

Former Nepal prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ Sunday met BJP president J P Nadda on the get together’s headquarters right here, as they mentioned methods to additional deepening the ties between their events and the 2 nations.

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) chairman famous that his get together and the BJP have totally different ideologies however a standard goal which is to uplift the poor part of society, in line with a BJP assertion.

He expressed concern over Nepal’s commerce deficit with India and mentioned it must be addressed.

“All outstanding issues should be resolved in the spirit of mutual trust and friendship,” he added in his remarks throughout the assembly the place External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was additionally current. He underlined hydropower and tourism as two essential pillars of Nepal’s financial system, and appealed to the Indian authorities and personal sector in India to cooperate together with his nation in these two sectors.

He lauded India for additionally shopping for energy from Nepal, and for extending assist to his nation throughout the earthquake and the Covid pandemic.

In his feedback, Nadda mentioned Nepal has all the time been on the centre of India’s ‘neighbourhood first’ coverage.

The current go to of Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to Delhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s journey to Lumbini have additional strengthened the connection between the 2 neighbours, he mentioned. Now, the go to of Prachanda to the BJP headquarters is a significant milestone within the rising relationship between the 2 main political events, he mentioned. He mentioned by way of “Know the BJP” initiative, his get together has been cementing ties with all main political events internationally. “Our objective is to use the party-to-party ties to strengthen the bilateral relations,” he mentioned, including Prachanda’s go to will additional enhance the connection between the 2 nations and societies. The BJP president mentioned his get together is able to promote deeper linkages between the BJP and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) at a number of ranges, and can be completely satisfied to welcome a delegation of its younger leaders to India quickly.

The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) chairman, who was accompanied by his daughter Ganga Dahal, was on a go to to India on Nadda’s invitation. The BJP chief tweeted later, “We had fruitful discussions over strengthening & deepening ties between India & Nepal, especially our age old cultural & people to people bond. We also discussed ways to further party to party cooperation.” The saffron get together has launched “Know the BJP’ initiative as a part of its outreach to overseas nations, and Nadda has been interacting with diplomats and leaders of assorted nations. Nadda additionally took Prachanda on to a tour of the five-storied BJP headquarters.

The former Nepalese PM additionally met the farmers’ leaders who had assembled on the BJP headquarters to felicitate Nadda for the nomination of Jagdeep Dhankhar because the ruling alliance’s vice presidential candidate.

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