Nepal PM to meet Manmohan Singh today

New Delhi, Sept 15 : Nepal's Prime Minister Prachanda will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today.

Prachanda, who arrived here last evening, will call on the President Pratibha Patil and Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari later today.

He is also scheduled to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Opposition Leader L.K. Advani, Rashtriya Janata Party (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Janata Dal-United (JDU) president Sharad Yadav, and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Yadav, besides former Prime Ministers V.P. Singh, Dewe Gowda and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Prachanda will also address a high profile meeting of the Indian business community.

Prachanda is accompanied by a high-level delegation, including several ministers and business representatives. This will be his first visit to India after becoming the first elected Prime Minister of the federal republic Nepal.

Prachanda's visit will end on September 18.

ANI