Kathmandu, September 7
While Kathmandu’s ruling Nepal Communist Party Chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is in New Delhi, former Indian Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda is currently in Kathmandu for a ‘pilgrimage’.
The octogenarian leader, however, has been engaged in rounds of political meetings since Friday morning. He had arrived in Kathmandu yesterday.
Leaders went to Hotel Dwarika’s, where the guest is staying, to see him. The first to meet Deve Gowda was Nepali Congress leader and lawmaker Prakash Man Singh.
Singh said issues of mutual interest were discussed during the meeting.
Meanwhile, Deve Gowda is scheduled to return home after offering a special puja at Pashupatinath Temple this evening.
Nepal had signed the ‘notorious’ Mahakali Treaty, which many political groups of Nepal consider anti-nationalist, during the reign of Deve Gowda. Current President of Nepali Congress, Sher Bahadur Deuba, was the Prime Minister then.
