Ex-PM Bhattarai off to India

KATHMANDU: Former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai flew to Mumbai on Friday afternoon to take part in a programme.

According to his personal secretariat, Bhattarai, who is preparing to form a new political party, will attend a programme titled "Sustaining the Progress on Nepal-India Economic Relations" organised by World Bank on Saturday.

He is scheduled to return to Kathmandu on Monday.

During his visit, Bhattarai would not get engaged in any other programme, a post on BRB Secretariat's Facebook post reads.