Former Prime Minister of Nepal and
Nepali Congress President Sushil Koirala
passed away due to Pneumonia at his
residence Tuesday morning. He was 79.
Koirala, who was elected Prime Minister
of Nepal on February 10, 2014, died at
his residence in Maharajgunj in the
outskirt of capital Kathmandu at 12.50
a.m. (local time), Nepali Congress
general secretary Prakash Man Singh
said.
He had returned from the U.S. after
undergoing a successful treatment for
the lung cancer and is credited with
promulgating the new constitution of
Nepal in September last year.
Koirala was suffering from Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
and he succumbed to the disease.
His body will be taken to party’s central
office at sanepa, Kathmandu and kept
there for last tributes from party cadres
and others, Singh said.
Born in Banaras, India, Koirala entered
politics in 1954 and was in political
exile in India for 16 years following the
royal takeover of 1960.
He also spent three years in Indian
prisons for his involvement in a plane
hijacking in 1973.
Political prowess
Koirala was a key figure in adoption of
Nepal’s new constitution last
September. After ethnic Madhesis later
blocked border points with India and
imposed a general strike in south Nepal
to protest against the constitution,
Koirala attempted to resolve the issue
by negotiating with the protesters.
Koirala spent his life in politics fighting
for democracy in Nepal and led protests
in 2006 that ended a centuries—old
monarchy system and turned Nepal into
a republic.
In Sushil Koirala ji, NC has lost a big
leader who served Nepal for decades &
India lost a valued friend. Pained by his
demise. RIP.
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