Indian ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on Wednesday met Nepali Congress (NC) president and former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala at the latter’s residence at Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, to discuss the latest political developments in Nepal.

During the meeting that lasted for nearly an hour in the morning, Koirala apprised Mukherjee about the position of seven-party alliance and its future moves to restore ‘total democracy’ in the country, a source close to the NC president said.

The Indian ambassador on his part reiterated his country’s support to the democratic movement in the Himalayan Kingdom, the source added.

The meeting between the Indian ambassador and the NC president comes three days after the release of the latter from a three-day house arrest. He was placed under house arrests last Friday.

Recently, Mukherjee had briefed senior Indian government officials, including defence minister Pranab Mukherjee and Home Minister Shiv Raj Patil, in New Delhi about the political situation in Nepal.