Kathmandu, May 29
Former State Minister and Nepali Congress leader Ganesh Bahadur Khadka has passed away at the age of 82. He died at 6 AM this morning at his residence in Narayan Municipality-7 of Dailekh district.
Khadka, a former president of the Nepali Congress Dailekh chapter, had been suffering from prostate-related complications for several years. Born on August 3, 1942 (Shrawan 19, 1999 BS), he served as the district president of Nepali Congress Dailekh during three separate terms: from 1977 to 1980, from 1982 to 1991, and from 2000 to 2010.
He was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives from Dailekh Constituency-1 in the 1991 and 1994 general elections and as a Member of the Constituent Assembly in the 2008 elections.
Khadka served as Assistant Minister for Physical Planning, Construction and Transport in December 1995, and as State Minister for Local Development in 2008.
A staunch advocate of democracy, Khadka endured multiple imprisonments, police custody, and torture during Nepal’s various democratic struggles and movements.
Expressing sorrow over his passing, Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba stated, “I am deeply saddened and shocked by the news of the demise of Ganesh Bahadur Khadka, former state minister, former president of Nepali Congress Dailekh, and a tireless warrior of Nepal’s democratic movement.”
