Sushma Swaraj to visit Nepal to pay homage to Sushil Koirala
Sushma Swaraj to visit Nepal to pay homage to Sushil Koirala
February 09, 2016:
India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Kathmandu today to offer condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Sushil Koriala on behalf of the Indian government. As per the media reports, she will land in Nepal at 5 pm (Nepali time) and will fly back to New Delhi later in the evening. Koirala, who was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015, passed away due to pneumonia at his residence early today. He was 79.
India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Kathmandu today to offer condolences on the passing of former Prime Minister Sushil Koriala on behalf of the Indian government. As per the media reports, she will land in Nepal at 5 pm (Nepali time) and will fly back to New Delhi later in the evening. Koirala, who was the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015, passed away due to pneumonia at his residence early today. He was 79.
Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sushil Koirala passed away at 12:50 am on Tuesday. Family source said that he breathed his last at his residence in Maharajgunj. Koirala’s private doctor Dr Kabirnath Yogi said that Koirala died of cardiac arrest after he developed pneumonia in bronchitis’ infection due to change in the weather. Koirala had shown symptoms since three months and was using three types of antibiotics. “Everything was normal till Monday evening, the amount of oxygen being administrated to him was increased,” Yogi said, “He had a normal meal yesterday evening. All of sudden, Koirala’s health deteriorated and he breathed his last at 12:50 am.” Koirala had served as Nepal's 37th prime minister from February 10, 2014 to October 10, 2015.
