Nepal home minister Bhim Bahadur Rawal, who was scheduled to arrive in India tomorrow, has put off his visit in view of the current political situation in his country.
Rawal was scheduled to visit to India to discuss with his Indian counterpart issues pertaining to security, tackling cross-border crimes and finalising the bilateral extradition treaty.
Home secretary Govinda Kusum and chiefs of all three security agencies were to accompany him on his two-day visit.
"The visit has been put off due to the current political situation in Nepal," home minister's personal secretariat said.
During the recently concluded bilateral talks between the home secretaries of the two sides, India and Nepal had agreed to increase cooperation in tackling cross border crime, but fell short of finalising the Nepal-India Extradition Treaty.
A political deadlock continues in Nepal due to a prolonged confrontation between the Nepalese government and the Maoists, who have been blocking the Parliament for four months and obstructing the budget for the current fiscal year.
The government is witnessing a financial crunch, and is unable to pay salaries to the government staff and ministers as the budget has not been endorsed by the Parliament.
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