Congress Leader Gopalman Shrestha Passes Away
Kathmandu. Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa had announced last week that leader Gopalman Shrestha would be made a senior leader of the party. However, leader Shrestha passed away on Tuesday before the announcement by President Thapa could be implemented.
Shrestha, who was undergoing treatment for stomach cancer, was visited by President Thapa at the hospital, who had said he would announce him as a senior leader.
Speaking at the 44th BP Smriti and Jara Abhiyan completion and new campaign announcement program on July 23, President Thapa had announced that Shrestha would be made a senior leader, subject to approval by the central committee.
'Gopalman Shrestha's health condition is critical, we had discussed within the party some time ago, I had gone to the hospital and told Gopalman dai,' President Thapa had said, 'The central committee meeting will nominate him as a senior leader.'
Shrestha, who contributed to Congress for a long time, also served as the acting president of Congress and a minister. The party has informed that 83-year-old Shrestha will be cremated on Wednesday.
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