Former Nepal PM Girija Prasad Koirala No More
Former Prime Minister of Himalayan country Nepal Girija Prasad Koirala died on Saturday. He was 87, said media reports.
According to reports, Koirala’s condition deteriorated in the morning in the wake of a bout of diarrhea, three days after he was discharged from a city hospital in Kathmandu.
Koirala, the President of the Nepali Congress which is a key constituent of the ruling coalition, had been ‘unconscious since this morning’, said reports quoting Chiranjivi Nepal, an advisor to Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala, daughter of the veteran politician.
The former Nepal Prime Minister was being kept on ventilator round-the-clock and a team of doctors were attending to him at Sujata’s house in Mandikhatar area, reports said.
Koirala, who had a low hemoglobin level and was suffering from bronchitis and lungs problem, was discharged on Wednesday from the Marty Ganga Lal Heart Centre at Bansbari in Kathmandu.
He had been staying at his daughter’s house since. His condition worsened after a bout of diarrhea on Friday morning.
Top leaders of major political parties, including Maoist chairman Prachanda and CPN-UML’s Jhalanath Khanal, visited Sujata’s residence to enquire about Koirala’s health.
Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress has called an emergency meeting of the party’s Central Working Committee to discuss the situation in the wake of Koirala’s death.
The party also asked its senior leaders, who are outside Kathmandu, to return to the capital at the earliest.
(Based on internet reports)
