India is not satisfied about Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal's  scheduled visit to China.

 India is not happy about the visit of Nepal's prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to China, a senior Maoist leader has said.

  Prime Minister Dahal, who is known as Comrade Prachand among the Maoists, is scheduled to visit China on Saturday  to attend the closing ceremony of Olympic game.

"There is the suggestion from Indian side that it was not good  to visit China so soon", Maoists leader C.P. Gajurel told BBC Nepali service.

He said this visit is not for other purpose, it is  only to attend closing ceremony  of the olympic game so we have given directives to the foreign ministry to arrange the visit of the newly elected Communist prime minister of Nepal to China.

Prachand is firm to visit China, he said. Indian prime minister Dr Man Mohan Singh has invited Prachand to visit India as soon as possible.

Mr Singh in his congratulatory message said that India was eager to welcome Prachand in India and that message was also conveyed to the Maoists chairman and Prime Minister Prachand by Indian leader Sharad Yadav today.

There was the tradition of visiting India by Nepalese prime minister after assuming the post of prime minister in the past. First  Communist Prime of Nepal Man Mohan Adhikari had visited Denmark to attend UN summit before visiting India 12 years ago.

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav was also invited to attend the inaugural ceremony of Beijing Olympic but he cancelled the visit citing political development of Nepal.

Meanwhile, the Maoists' decision to depute Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) for the security of prime minister has been criticised by Nepali Congress and other coalition partners.

Acting President of the Nepali Congress  Sushil Koirala has strongly criticised the Maoists decision to depute PLA. He has said that the decision must be scrapped and there cannot be two armies.

The two coalition partners of the Maoists, UML and MJF have also criticised the Maoists' decision to depute PLA for the security of the prime minister.

The government has not been formed due to the differences among the coalition partners over the allocation of ministerial portfolios.