The 14th anniversary of the death of former CPN-UML general secretary Madan Bhandari and another senior leader Jiv Raj Ashrit is being observed by holding various programmes all over the country, on Thursday. On the occasion a commemoration ceremony was organised at the CPN-UML party headquarters in Balkhu.

CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal (center) and other leaders at an interaction programme organsed in the capital to mark the death anniversary of  late UML leaders Madan Bhandari and Jiv Raj Ashrit, Thursday, May 17 07. nepalnews.com/rh

CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal (center) and other leaders at an interaction programme organsed in the capital to mark the death anniversary of late UML leaders Madan Bhandari and Jiv Raj Ashrit, Thursday, May 17 07. nepalnews.com/rh
Addressing the ceremony CPN-UML general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal said if the Nepalese communist parties work towards realising ‘multiparty democracy’ in reality then it would be a true tribute to Madan Bhandari. Saying that the multiparty communism of the people is more relevant in today’s context, Nepal requested all to tread the path shown by late Bhandari.

In the commemoration ceremony organised under the chairmanship of UML leader Amrit Kumar Bohara the party leaders and activists had adorned garlands on the statue of the late communist leaders.

Influential communist leader Madan Bhandari and his party colleague Jiv Raj Ashrit had died in a mysterious jeep accident in Dasdhunga 14 years ago while they were returning from a party’s district convention in Kaski.