Leading a delegation of 54 members, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Friday left for New Delhi for a three-day state visit to India. This is Oli’s first foreign tour after taking office.

Defence Minister Ishwar Pokharel, Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista, Education Minister Giriraj Mani Pokharel, CPN-UML vice-chairman Bamdev Gautam, deputy general secretary Bishnu Poudel, former speaker Subas Nemwang and the secretaries of various ministries of the Government of Nepal were present at the airport to see off the Prime Minister.

PM Oli boarded the Nepal Airlines Corporation flight at 9am this morning and will land at New Delhi-based Indira Gandhi International Airport at 10:45 am.

PM Oli’s spouse Radhika Shakya, Physical Infrastructure and Transport Minister Raghubir Mahaseth, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies Matrika Yadav and PM Chief Political advisor Bishu Rimal among others will accompany the Prime Minister during the visit.

The members of the federal parliament in the PM's entourage include Sarat Singh Bhandari, Dinanath Sharma,Rameshwar Raya Yadav, Motilal Dugar, Ganesh Singh Thagunna, Shanta Chaudhary, Uma Regmi, Rambir Manandhar, Sitaram Mahato and Bimal Prasad Shreebastav.

The government high officials in the delegation are Chief Secretary Lok Darshan Regmi, Foreign Secretary Shanker Das Bairagi, Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies Chandra Kumar Ghimire and the Chief Executive Officer at the Investment Board of Nepal Maha Prasad Adhikari.

Other government officials in the delegation include Joint Secretary at the Water and Energy Commission Madhav Belbase, Finance ministry joint-secretary Kewal Prasad Bhandari, Director General of Department of Railways Ananta Acharya, Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Bhrigu Dhungana, Chief of Protocol Deepak Adhikari, Executive Director of Nepal Agricultural Research Council Dr Baidyanath Mahato.

Similarly, the Prime Minister's personal physician Dr Divya Singh Shah, the Prime Minister's press advisor Dr Kundan Aryal and the Prime Minister's personal secretary Rajesh Bajracharya are also accompanying him.

Nine Nepali officials including Charge d' Affaires at the Nepali Embassy in India Bharat Kumar Regmi, Economic Minister Krishna Hari Pushkar among others will join the PM's entourage in India.

Film star Rajesh Hamal and director Dinesh DC are also in the team.