Nepali Home MinisterRam Bahadur Thapaon Tuesday said that Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modisvisit to the country on May 11 will be religious and cultural and there will be no political agreements.
Thapasaid the Indian leader will fly directly to Janakpur to visit the Janaki Templeand will be welcomed by Prime MinisterK.p. Sharma Oli Modi will also take part in a civil felicitation programme at Bahra Bigaha area, the KathmanduPost reported.
From Janakpur, Modi will fly to Mustang where he will pray at the Muktinath Temple He will then reach Kathmandu, according to the Travel Itinerarymade public by the government.
Thapaand Home SecretaryDev Kumar Raiand chiefs of all three security agencies reached Janakpur on Tuesday to take stock of the security measures for Modi's welcome. In 2014, Modi's plan to enter Nepalthrough Janakpur was foiled over "security threats".
"His (Modi's) visit this time is for religious purpose, not a political one. This visit will take the centuries-old social and religious relationship between Nepaland Indiato a new height," Thapatold the media.
He said there will be no programmes for political agreements this time during the Indian Prime Minister's visit. "Modi's visit will help strengthen the religious and cultural relations between the two countries."
Modi will also lay a foundation stone of hydroelectricity Arun Iiiproject in Nepalon May 11. The 900 mw run-of-the-river project is developed by the Indian Governmentand is slated to come into operation by 2020.
Last week, there was a blast at the office of hydroelectricity project that damaged the wall of the building in Tumlingtar, 500 km from Kathmandu
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