Indian government's 'meaningful' invitation to Far West chief minister
The Chief Minister of Sudurpaschim Province, Kamal Bahadur Shah, has reached New Delhi on Tuesday for a week-long visit. The team led by Chief Minister Shah went to India on the invitation of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
While it is being discussed that even Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, who has been expected to visit India for months, has not been invited, the issue of India paying a formal visit to the Chief Minister of the state is seen as meaningful.
Chief Minister Shah's team arrived in India at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. According to the Chief Minister's Secretariat, Shankar Sharma, Deputy Secretary Saketa who looks after Nepal on behalf of the Government of India, Munu Mahabar, Additional Secretary who looks after Nepal and Bhutan North Desk and Counselor Naveen Adhikari welcomed. The entire management of the visiting team is done by the Indian Embassy. A member of the
tour team said that although the meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not included in the predetermined agenda, after the Chief Minister's team reached Delhi, the Indian Embassy was informed that they are trying to meet with Prime Minister Modi as well.
The meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditya Nath, who is considered influential in Indian power politics, is on the agenda. According to the office of the Chief Minister and the Council of Ministers, the team led by the Chief Minister will start formal meetings and observation visits to various places from Wednesday.
On Wednesday Rajghat, India's New Parliament Building, visiting the Prime Minister's Museum, having a meeting with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs . Chief Minister's political advisor Dr. Vivekananda International Foundation has an agenda to interact with the association in the afternoon. Jitu Upadhyay said.
The Vivekananda Foundation is also functioning as a think tank in India . Another member of the visiting team said that the Indian Embassy has informed that Chief Minister Shah's team is trying to meet with Prime Minister Modi as well. The
tour team is scheduled to go to Faridabad on Thursday to visit an energy-related institution, interact with the National Skill Development Corporation in New Delhi, and visit the Indian Agricultural Research Institute.
Friday the tour team will come to Uttarakhand from Delhi . In Uttarakhand, there is a program to hold a formal meeting with the state chief, chief minister, culture and tourism minister . Also, on the same day, a visit to the Hotel Management Institute and in the evening, the Minister of Culture and Tourism will have dinner there. The team will leave for Teridham on Saturday. The team will depart for Uttar Pradesh from Uttarakhand.
There is an agenda to visit religious places including Ayodhya, Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Uttar Pradesh . A formal meeting is planned with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Monday. After that, the team is scheduled to return to Dhangadhi from Lucknow on the 22nd, according to the secretariat.
"For the first time from the state level, we have started to go on a formal visit to the neighboring country," Chief Minister Shah said, "Meetings, discussions and observation of various places at different levels in New Delhi will make the relationship between the Far West government and the government positive." In addition, the meeting with the Chief Ministers of bordering Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh will strengthen the relationship with the state governments of both countries and increase the scope of mutual cooperation. The
visiting team includes Minister of Lands, Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives Bir Bahadur Thapa, Leader of Civil Liberation Party Parliamentary Party Ghanshyam Chaudhary, Chief Whip of United Socialist Naresh Kumar Shahi, Maoist Member of Parliament Jhapat Bahadur Saund, Member of Provincial Policy and Planning Commission Sher Bahadur Bhandari, Provincial Chief Secretary Dr. Kamal Prasad Pokharel, Secretary of the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development, Surat Kumar Bam, Chief Minister's Political Adviser Dr. Jitu Upadhyay and Personal Secretary Ram Bahadur Bista are participating. The visiting team is staying at Hotel Oberoi on Tuesday.
