Poudel meets with Mukherjee in New Delhi
The Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel met with India's Minister for External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday in New Delhi.
After his meeting with Mukherjee, Poudel told reporters that India has suggested separating the political and criminal issues in Madhes, according to Kantipur daily.
"The political and criminal activities should be separated. Political issues should be dealt politically and criminal activities should be strictly controlled," Poudel elaborated the Indian viewpoint to the reporters.
He said that India has pledged full support to control criminal activities in the border region even as it suggested that political issues be dealt with by Nepali political parties themselves.
Poudel also met with Indian Home Minister Shivaraj Patil on Wednesday. Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon also called on him in the morning.
Poudel has gone to New Delhi in the wake of fresh 23-points pacts among the seven parties. nepalnews.com sd Dec 27 07
