At least 15 prominent civil society members urged Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali not to sign any agreement, which will have a long-term impact, during his three-day official visit to India starting tomorrow, The Himalayan Times said. 

Issuing a press release, civil society leaders stated the incumbent government was a caretaker since the government itself had dissolved the House of Representatives and fixed dates for mid-term elections on April 30 and May 15.

The civil society leaders include former chief secretary Leela Mani Paudyal, former chief of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority Surya Nath Upadhyaya, Dipendra Bahadur Chhetri, Rishi Adhikari and Krishna Gyawali, among others.

Border row on agenda, but political talks likely to get more focus during Gyawali’s Delhi stay
 
Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali is travelling to New Delhi on Thursday, marking the first high-level visit from Kathmandu to New Delhi in over a year, amid signs of bilateral ties returning to track.

Gyawali is flying to Delhi to take part in the sixth meeting of the Nepal-India Joint Commission, which looks after the entire gamut of bilateral relations.

His visit, on the heels of political turmoil at home caused by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s December 20 House dissolution move, is being closely watched in both countries.