Kathmandu, August 12
Nepali Congress says it will flow its flag half-mast for next three days to condole the death of its former leader Bharat Shamsher Rana.
Rana, 90, had breathed his last in Kolkata of India on Saturday.
Though he was the leader of main opposition party in Nepal’s first Parliament in 1959, Rana had joined the party later, after the beginning of Panchayat Era.
The Congress party says it will shut down its offices across the country on Monday in mourning. Likewise, a condolence assembly will be organised on the 13th day of his departure, on August 22.
The loss caused by Rana’s death to the party is reparable as he had contributed to promoting the message that democracy can change the society, the party said in a statement today.
