New Delhi, Sept. 13 -- Welcoming the appointment of former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as Nepal's interim Prime Minister, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal Jayant Prasad said her leadership comes at a "dire time" and will help bring stability to the crisis-hit country.

"Nepal was desperately in search of a stabilising influence, and I think this is a good development because Sushila Karki is known to be an independent and a fair-minded person, and she'll be able to conduct elections, not like Bangladesh, where no elections have taken place for more than a year, despite having a caretaker government," Prasad told ANI.

He expressed confidence that Karki would be able to manage the transition to the polls. "I'm pretty sure that Sushila Kar...