A meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR) has been postponed for half an hour after passing a condolence motion on the demise of Prithvi Bahadur Singh, the Sudurpaschim province government minister for internal affairs and law, in a jeep accident.

The late Singh was elected a member of the Province Assembly from Bajhang electoral constituency number 1, Province Assembly constituency 1 on a Nepali Congress ticket in the election held in 2079 BS.

Singh is a leader who played a leading role in the democracy movement and who made a significant contribution to rural development. He died in a jeep accident on Tuesday while going to his home district Bajhang from Dadeldhura.

A meeting of the lower house of the Federal Parliament expressed condolence on the 65-year-old leader’s untimely demise in a road accident and paid tributes to him.

Singh’s spouse and sister-in-law also died in the accident. The HoR has extended heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family.

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