The visiting delegation of India’s main opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), met with Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala Friday.

The delegation led by Surendra Kumar Arora, the Foreign Department of the BJP, held “extensive discussion” with the Prime Minister on Nepal’s current political scenario, reports quoting Baluwatar sources said. The BJP leaders also sought Koirala’s attention to the ‘excesses’ of Maoists at a time when they are preparing to join an interim cabinet.

During the hour-long meeting at the PM’s residence in Baluwatar, the BJP delegatation expressed commitment to assist in the constituent assembly election slated for mid-June this year.

During their stay in Katmandu, the BJP leaders will meet with senior leaders of Nepali Congress, Nepali Congress (Democratic), Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and the Maoists. The team arrived here on Wednesday on a four-day visit.

The BJP, a Hindu nationalist party, which has been supportive of monarchy in Nepal, was the only major political party in India that expressed displeasure over the Nepal parliament’s declaration to turn Nepal into a secular state.