Kathmandu, March 23
Nepali Congress senior leader Khum Bahadur Khadka is on life support, doctors involved in his treatment at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi say.
According to the hospital, Khadka suffers from kidney, chest and neurological ailments. Khadka was rushed to New Delhi last month. He was put on life support on Wednesday, the hospital’s representative in Kathmandu Arjun Bahadur Chand informed. Khadka had recently received a kidney transplant.
Khadka is considered an influential leader in the Nepali Congress and a key ally of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. He had been advocating for an amendment to the constitution to make Nepal a ‘Hindu’ state again. He was convicted on 13 August 2012 with several counts of corruption, slapping him one-and-half year jail sentence along with a penalty of Rs 9.47 million.
