Kathmandu, February 4
CPN-UML Secretary Pradeep Gyawali says the recent visit of Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has proved that Nepal’s strength in the regional politics is increasing.
A loyal supporter of his party’s Chairman KP Sharma Oli, who reportedly invited Swaraj to Kathmandu, says the visit has commenced a new tradition, hence it should not be criticised.
“We had a tradition that a party forming the new government here needs blessings from external forces. Now, it has ended,” Gyawali says, “It is indicative of Nepal’s increasing power that the foreign government is here to congratulate the party leading the new government.”
Speaking with journalists at an interaction in Kathmandu today, the leader said it was positive that the Indian government sent its Prime Minister’s special envoy with a message that the government was eager to work with the new government here.
