Eight party leaders depart for India

Leaders of eight political parties including CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal on Thursday afternoon departed for New Delhi on a week-long tour of India.

The leaders took off for India to participate in a meet of the south-eastern Members of Parliament to be held in Shimla on 3rd June.

Sources said this team would hold important high level political consultation in Delhi before proceeding to Shimla.

They are scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress-I President Sonia Gandhi and other important opposition leaders in New Delhi.

The  team comprises Chakra Bastola of Nepali Congress, Nepali Congress- Democratic’s Prakash Man Singha, CP Mainali of Bam Morcha, Dinanath Sharma of CPN-M, Hridayesh Tripathi of Sadbhavana-Anandidevi and Nepal Communist Party-United’s Navaraj Subedi.