Kathmandu. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba arrived in Delhi on Friday with a 50-member delegation on his first visit to India. This is Deuba’s first foreign trip since being sworn in as Nepal’s prime minister for the fifth time in 2078. According to news sources, Prime Minister Deuba will be accompanied by his wife Arju Deuba, four cabinet ministers, government secretaries, senior officials, and a total of 50 people.
A cabinet meeting held on Thursday before the visit approved the names of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan Khadka, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Pampha Bhusal, Minister for Health and Population Birod Khatiwada, and Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Mahendra Rai Yadav. Regarding Deuba’s three-day visit, the ministry said, “This visit is believed to deepen the multifaceted, old and cordial relationship between Nepal and India.”
Similarly, Deuba is scheduled to hold delegation-level talks with Prime Minister Modi. He will also hold talks with Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Prime Minister Modi will have lunch with Prime Minister Deuba. Deuba will also meet businessmen in New Delhi.
Meanwhile, the 35-kilometer Nepal-India Jayanagar-Kurtha Railway (April 2) will be jointly inaugurated by the Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. This train service will run from Jayanagar station in the Madhubani district of Bihar to Kurtha station in Janakpur, Nepal. The Jayanagar-Kurtha section of the 68.7 km long Bijalpur-Bardidas railway is being constructed with grant assistance of Rs. 8.77 billion from the Government of India.
According to a source, Deuba will go to Varanasi (Kashi) on April 15 before returning to Nepal.
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