Chairperson of the then Rajsabha Standing Committee and present member of Rajparishad, Bedananda Jha passed away at the age of 94 on Saturday.

Jha also served as the Home, Industry and Commerce, Education, Supplies, Law, Labour and Social Welfare Minister.

He also served as Royal Nepalese Ambassador to India.

A leader of the Nepal Terai Congress, Jha served as the Chairperson of the Administrative Reform Commission. He was decorated with the Trishakti Patta First, Gorkha Dakhinbahu First and other national and international awards.

He is survived by eight sons and two daughters.

Jha was cremated at Pashupati Aryaghat on Saturday with military honours.

Chairman of Rajparishad Standing Committee Parshu Narayan Chaudhary and the Committee members paid their last tributes to late Jha at the Pashupati Aryaghat.

Meanwhile, an emergency meeting of the Rajparishad Standing Committee expressed profound sorrow over the demise of Raj Parishad member Bedananda Jha.