Koirala separately met Bharatiya Janata Party's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and BJP president Rajnath Singh. Koirala had a breakfast meeting with Advani at latter's residence, according to Sujata Koirala, daughter of the former prime minister and chief of NC's foreign affairs department. In the afternoon, Koirala met Mukherjee at latter's office at the South Block. Confirming the meeting, the spokesperson at the Ministry, Vishnu Prakash, told the Post that both leaders "discussed issues of mutual interests."

"Mr. Koirala is here for a medical checkup," Prakash said. "He took the opportunity to pay a courtesy call to the minister. They have known each other for long time and they are old friends. They discussed issues of mutual interests." Asked to comment on the speculations in Nepal that Koirala is here to seek Indian support to bring down the Maoist-led government, he replied: "I can't comment on those speculations."

In the evening, BJP President Singh came to see Koirala at the Oberoi Hotel where the Nepali leader is staying. They held talks for about half an hour in Koirala's fourth floor suite. "We just talked about his health," said Singh emerging from the suite. Asked if the talks also featured about "Nepal's health," Singh replied, "We are very much concerned about what's happening in Nepal." Asked if his party was supporting Koirala's reported attempts to unseat the Maoist-led government, Singh repeated: "We talked about his health. We are concerned about what's happening in Nepal."

Sujata said that Koirala wasn't here to seek help to topple the government. "We have made it clear in Nepal itself," she said. "We don't want to unseat the government now. That topic didn't feature during the discussions with Indian leaders."

A source close to Koirala said that there will be no efforts from Nepali Congress to bring down the Maoist-led government until a new government is formed in New Delhi. India will hold general elections in April.

Sujata said that Koirala was trying to meet with Prime Minister Manmonah Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the next few days.