Kathmandu, June 3 -- Rastriya Swatantra Party chief Rabi Lamichhane and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have agreed to chart a new course in Nepal-India relations in a changed political context.

Lamichhane, who is on a five-day official visit to India at the invitation of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, held talks with Modi over an hour in the presence of his wife Nekita Poudel Lamichhane, two party leaders-Bipin Acharya and Deepak Bohora-and New Delhi based Nepali diplomats. External Affairs Minister of India S Jaishankar, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, among others, were present in the meeting from the Indian side.

In the meeting, Lamichhane told Modi that his party has no political baggag...