Adhikari passes away

December 6, 2001
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December 06, 2001

Kathmandu: Nepali Congress leader and former lawmaker Surya Bhakta Adhikari passed away in Bharatpur Hospital, Chitwan Thursday morning, the Nepali Congress party said.

Adhikari was 83. He was also central chairman of Nepal Peasants’ Association, peasant wing of the ruling Nepali Congress. He had been elected to the House of Representatives, Lower House of Parliament, from Nawalparasi in the first general election in 1991.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Ministers and Nepali Congress leaders paid their last respects to late Adhikari today. Nepali Congress issued a press statement today saying that it has lost an honest and dedicated leader.