Photos by Saroj Shahi/Nepalkhabar.
Mohan Prasad Oli, the father of CPN (UML) Chair KP Sharma Oli, was cremated today at the Pashupati Aryaghat. The senior Oli passed away this morning at the Nepal Korea Friendship Municipal Hospital in Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur. He was 97.
Chair Oli lit the funeral pyre of his father as the eldest son in the family, as per established rituals.
Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa, leader Arjun Narsingh KC, communist leader and former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha, former Chief Justice Kalyan Shrestha, UML vice-chairpersons Bishnu Prasad Paudel, Prithvi Subba Gurung and Gokarna Raj Bista, General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, former Minister for Communications and Information Technology Jagadish Kharel, CPN (ML) General Secretary CP Mainali, CPN (United) leader Ghanashyam Bhusal, and various UML leaders and cadres gathered at Pashupatinath to pay their final tributes to the late Oli.
Meanwhile, Chairperson of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Rabi Lamichhane extended his heartfelt condolences to UML Chair Oli on the loss of his father. Lamichhane took to social media to say that he was deeply saddened by the demise of Oli's father. Extending heartfelt tribute to the departed soul, he also expressed sympathy to the bereaved family.
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