FOLLOW-UP ON BHATTARAI'S DEATH

UPDATES ON BHATTARAI’S DEATH

Kathmandu, 5 March: The body of Bhattarai, affectionately called Kishunji, was taken to his residence in n open van at Badegaon at night shortly at two, following his death,
His aide Amita Kapali, accompanied the body.
Kishunji will be remembered as a principled politician who delivered,
The only surviving founding member of Nepali Congress quit the party after it adopted a republican agenda under Girija Prasad Koirala.
He supported constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy until his dying day.
Two-time prime minister Bhattarai first was appointed prime minister in 1990 after panchayat was toppled in a popular uprising in 1990.
He steered the changeover from partyless panchayat rule when political parties were banned to multi-party democracy in one year drafting a constitution, holding and holding parliamentary elections in which he was defeated by UML General Secretary Madan Bhandari from Baneshower constitution in the capital.
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