Kathmandu, April 1
The main opposition Nepali Congress party will discontinue its ongoing Central Working Committee meeting halfway citing the death of its leader and former general secretary Khum Bahadur Khadka.
One of the most controversial figures of contemporary Nepali politics, Khadka breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi on Friday.
The meeting had begun on March 23 with the agenda of reviewing party’s performance in recent provincial and federal parliamentary elections. Many CWC members are yet to express their opinions about the issue in the meeting.
The party’s central office chief secretary Krishna Prasad Paudyal says the meeting has been called for 11 am today, but it would discontinue indefinitely after that to mourn for Khadka.
Meanwhile, Khadka’s last rites are being performed at the Pashupati Aryaghat today. Before this, his body will be kept at the party’s central office in Sanepa of Lalitpur for final tributes.
