Kathmandu, November 13
Prime Minister Balen Shah is holding a discussion with the team of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) lawmakers who are about to visit China. The ruling party’s delegation is meeting him before departure.
The meeting is under way at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar. It began at 11:15 am.
Twenty RSP lawmakers, led by General Secretary Bipin Kumar Acharya, will leave for China on Sunday (November 15). They are travelling at the invitation of the Communist Party of China (CPC), and the visit will last 11 days.
The delegation includes Joint General Secretary Hari Dhakal, parliamentary party deputy leader Ganesh Parajuli and Chief Whip Kabindra Burlakoti. Also in the team are lawmakers Lima Adhikari, Samikshya Baskota, Sagar Dhakal, Dr Anand Bahadur Chand, Sushant Baidik, Reema Bishwakarma, Dr Dhananjay Regmi, Shree Ram Neupane, Dr Ram Lama, Gajala Shamim Mikrani, Punam Agrawal, Ratna Thapa, Dr Sujata Tamang, Pushpa Kumari Chaudhary, Arvind Shah and Ramesh Sapkota.
During the visit, the lawmakers will tour several Chinese cities, including Beijing, Hangzhou and Sichuan.
