<p>Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is making elaborate preparations ahead of his much-publicised trip to India next month, saying he needs to do “home-work” before embarking on the visit.</p>.<p>The official date of his visit to India is yet to be announced.</p>.<p>Prachanda could be travelling to New Delhi during the first or the second week of May, a Prime Minister’s aide said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/nepal-president-paudel-airlifted-to-aiims-delhi-for-medical-treatment-1211013.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nepal President Paudel airlifted to AIIMS, Delhi for medical treatment</strong></a><br /><br />This will be his first foreign trip since he became Nepal’s Prime Minister in December last year.</p>.<p>Boosting bilateral ties and talks on trade, energy, agriculture, culture, and air service will prominently feature in his talks with Indian leaders.</p>.<p>“I am preparing for my upcoming visit to India, which is taking place soon” Prachanda said at an event here.</p>.<p>“We need to do proper home-work before the visit,” the 68-year-old Maoist leader said.</p>.<p>Foreign ministry officials have begun the groundwork for his visit.</p>.<p>Earlier this year, Prachanda announced that he would visit India on his first foreign trip after assuming the post.</p>.<p>In July last year, Prachanda visited India at the invitation of BJP National President J P Nadda.</p>.<p>In addition to the BJP president, he had at the time met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.</p>.<p>Prachanda was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the third time on December 26 last year after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader K P Sharma Oli.</p>
<p>Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is making elaborate preparations ahead of his much-publicised trip to India next month, saying he needs to do “home-work” before embarking on the visit.</p>.<p>The official date of his visit to India is yet to be announced.</p>.<p>Prachanda could be travelling to New Delhi during the first or the second week of May, a Prime Minister’s aide said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | </strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/nepal-president-paudel-airlifted-to-aiims-delhi-for-medical-treatment-1211013.html" target="_blank"><strong>Nepal President Paudel airlifted to AIIMS, Delhi for medical treatment</strong></a><br /><br />This will be his first foreign trip since he became Nepal’s Prime Minister in December last year.</p>.<p>Boosting bilateral ties and talks on trade, energy, agriculture, culture, and air service will prominently feature in his talks with Indian leaders.</p>.<p>“I am preparing for my upcoming visit to India, which is taking place soon” Prachanda said at an event here.</p>.<p>“We need to do proper home-work before the visit,” the 68-year-old Maoist leader said.</p>.<p>Foreign ministry officials have begun the groundwork for his visit.</p>.<p>Earlier this year, Prachanda announced that he would visit India on his first foreign trip after assuming the post.</p>.<p>In July last year, Prachanda visited India at the invitation of BJP National President J P Nadda.</p>.<p>In addition to the BJP president, he had at the time met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval.</p>.<p>Prachanda was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the third time on December 26 last year after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader K P Sharma Oli.</p>