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Former Nepal prime minister Sushil Koirala dies at 78
Former Nepal prime minister Sushil Koirala, credited with promulgating the country’s first democratically drafted constitution, died at his residence in Kathmandu early on Tuesday at the age of 78.
Koirala, the president of the Nepali Congress, was suffering from pneumonia and breathing-related ailments. His personal physician Karbirnath Yogi attributed the death to respiratory failure because of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The government declared a three-day period of national mourning and an official holiday on Wednesday. A cabinet meeting decided Koirala’s last rites would be performed with full state honours.
“Nepal and Nepalis will always remember him as someone who dedicated his entire life to the nation and to uphold freedom and democratic values and also his incomparable contribution towards drafting the constitution,” said a statement from Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s office.
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