Maintaining ties with India may (not) be a challenge for Nepal’s new PM. Here’s why

Every time Nepal got a new prime minister, India’s Narendra Modi would be the first foreign leader to congratulate the newly appointed head of government via a phone call or social media. When KP Sharma Oli became Prime Minister after the 2017 general elections, Modi had sent then Foreign Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Nepal to congratulate Oli. She came to Nepal before Oli took his oath.

Previously, Nepali prime ministers used to get calls from their Indian counterparts even before they left the parliament building.