Kaski, Aug 23, Gandaki State chief minister Prithvi Subba Gurung left here today for the United Kingdom (UK). His UK visit is for participating in the Nepali festival that the UK-based Tamu Dhi (an organisation) has been organising since 2009.
This year, the festival will start from coming Sunday with the theme of “Our culture; our identity; our pride”. The chief minister will attend the event as the chief guest. During his stay there, he will take part in other programmes to be organised by Nepali community.
He is expected to utilise such moments as opportunities for calling upon the Nepalis there to invest at home and building atmoshphere supportive for the Nepal Visit Year-2020. The chief minister is accompanied by his spouse.
According to his private secretary Surya Prasad Gurung, minister for economic affairs and planning Kiran Gurung will serve as the acting chief minister during his absence. The chief minister will return home on August 31.
