KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has expressed his deep sorrow over the demise of former Speaker Damannath Dhungana.
Taking to social site account today, the Prime Minister extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.
"I am deeply saddened by the news of the demise of the Speaker of the first House of Representatives after the restoration of democracy in 1990 and my friend Damannath Dhungana. I am remembering his contribution to the movement for the protection of human rights and the advancement of parliamentary practices," the PM wrote on the social site.
Dhungana breathed his last this afternoon in the course of the treatment for liver-related complications at Baneshwor-based Frontline Hospital at 1:30 pm, according to Dhungana's private secretary Dr Rudra Sharma. He was 83.
