India gave its support to the upcoming general elections in neighbouring Nepal, which has witnessed political instability after the ‘Gen Z’ protests last year, even as national security adviser Ajit Doval met the country’s former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda.
Doval’s meeting with Prachanda in New Delhi took place late on Sunday (January 4), and focused on safeguarding Nepal’s democracy through immediate elections that the country has announced for March 5.
Doval hosted the dinner meeting at a hotel for Prachanda, who is the leader of the Nepal Communist Party. The high-level meeting served as a critical platform to address the current political situation in Nepal and the strategic necessity of the upcoming polls.
The primary focus of the dialogue was the implementation of general elections as the fundamental solution to the country’s political transition. This meeting comes at a sensitive time following the fall of the KP Sharma Oli government following the ‘Gen Z’ protests last year.
