PM Modi and Nepal PM 'Prachanda' held a telephone conversation on Wednesday evening, during which PM Modi extended an invitation to his Nepali counterpart for the ceremony.
Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba who is also the incumbent prime minister and chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' were the frontrunners for the post of prime minister.