Kathmandu, August 17
The government of Nepal has decided to send Minister for Foreign Affairs Pradeep Kumar Gyawali to New Delhi of India on Friday to attend the funeral of former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Vajpayee, 94, had passed away in New Delhi on Thursday and his funeral has been scheduled for today.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party Nepali Congress is sending Vice-President Bimalendra Nidhi to the funeral.
Vajpayee, a veteran leader of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, had served as the Prime Minister thrice. His premiership lasted for mere 13 days in 1996 and just 11 months in 1998-99.
He, however, enjoyed the full term from 1999 to 2004.
