Ex-Speaker Dhungana passes away, last rites performing today
Kathmandu, November 18: Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Damannath Dhungana, 83, passed away Sunday afternoon while undergoing treatment at the Frontline Hospital in Baneshwar, Kathmandu.
The government has decided to provide state honor while performing his last rites today.
The cabinet meeting is called for this morning to decide on providing state honor to the late Dhungana.
Dhungana, a member of the 1990 constitution drafting committee, was elected from an electoral constituency in Kathmandu and became the speaker from the Nepali Congress. However, he stood above the party line after he was elected to the post of the speaker.
Along with the dissolution of the Parliament by Girija Prasad Koirala, he was dismissed from the post.
Dhungana was suffering from liver-related disease for some time.
Dhungana has been survived by a wife, two sons and one daughter.
People’s News Monitoring Service.
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