Kathmandu, May 2 -- Vijay Chauthaiwale, in charge of the foreign affairs department of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, has met top political leaders of Nepal in Kathmandu.

Chauthaiwale, who arrived on a three-day visit to Nepal on Wednesday, remained busy meeting chiefs and second-rung leaders of major political parties.

On Thursday, he met Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, former prime ministers Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali Congress leaders Shekhar Koirala, Gagan Thapa, Prakash Sharan Mahat, Udaya Sumsher Rana, and senior CPN (Maoist Centre) leader Janardan Sharma, among others.

On Wednesday, he met Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, Foreign Affairs Minister Arzu Rana Deuba and Home Minister Ramesh L...