Indian Ambassador Prasad calls on Maoist chief Dahal

Indian Ambassador Jayant Prasad called on UCPN (Maoist) chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal early on Saturday morning to discuss ongoing negotiations among political parties to form a transitional government.

During the meeting, Dahal told the envoy that talks were headed in a positive direction and a package deal on holding elections within the first week in June will be reached soon, an aide to the party chief said. nepalnews.com