Party chief makes Nepal's first India trip since uprising
- On Tuesday, Rastriya Swatantra Party Chairman Rabi Lamichhane met BJP National President Nitin Nabin in New Delhi, marking the first formal interaction between the two parties.
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah is avoiding foreign travel to focus on domestic challenges, so Lamichhane, a former deputy prime minister, made the visit instead of the 36-year-old leader.
- Nepal, a landlocked nation of 30 million people, relies on India for 63 per cent of imports, or US$8.6 billion, while China accounts for 13 per cent, or US$1.8 billion.
- Invited under the 'Know BJP' initiative, the delegation heard BJP foreign affairs department in-charge Vijay Chauthaiwale emphasize 'close and historic ties' between the nations during the party-to-party outreach.
- Lamichhane wrote in The Hindustan Times on Tuesday that a 'stable and prosperous Nepal' serves as a natural guardrail for India, describing economic development as a 'strategic necessity'.
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Nepal's Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairman Rabi Lamichhane met BJP national president Nitin Nabin in New Delhi on Tuesday as part of a visit aimed at strengthening party-to-party engagement between the two sides. The RSP delegation, comprising senior party leaders, was welcomed at the BJP headquarters, where discussions focused on organisational practices, democratic processes and public outreach initiatives. Focus On India-Nepal Political…
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