Former Prime Minister Marich Man Singh Shrestha died last week at the Thapathali based Norvic Hospital. He was 71 years old.
Battling with lung cancer for the past three months, Shrestha breathed his last at 3 AM last Thursday.
His last rites were performed at the Pashupati Aryaghaat (cremation ground) according to Hindu rituals on the same day he died.
Though the government immediately decided to accord special honour, Shrestha’s supporters protested against the government at the Aryaghaat and demanded full state honours for the late PM. They denied the Nepal Police band from play the mourning tune.
Before performing his last rites, his deceased body was kept at his residence in Dhapasi, where Interim Election Council Chairperson Khil Raj Regmi, former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Sher Bahadur Deuwa and Dr Baburam Bhattarai, among other leaders, paid their last tribute.
Late Singh had served as prime minister of Nepal from 15 June 1986 to 6 April 1990 during the party-less Panchayat system. He was dismissed by then King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah following the popular peoples’ uprising.
