HUMLA: Chief Minister of Karnali Province, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi has been airlifted to Surkhet from here for further treatment after he was injured in a fall from a horse.
He was taken to Surkhet by helicopter at 5.30 pm today. Chief District Officer of Humla, Chiranjivi Giri said the Chief Minister has been taken to Surkhet by helicopter.
The program is initiated by the Karnali Povince Government. The Chief Minister had left Simkot on a motor vehicle, and he was mounted on the horse in mid-way.
The horse felt disturbed and jerked, and the Chief Minister fell down, Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Humla branch president Arjun Bohara said.
He has been injured after he fell from the horse he was riding while on his way to Limatang via Torpa, Bargaun of Simkot rural municipality, Ward no 3 today in connection with filming the ‘Janata Sanga Mukhya Mantri (Chief Minister With the People)’ television program.
He has sustained minor injury in the fall. He was on his way towards Limatang from the district headquarters, Simkot.
The Chief Minister fell down from the horse in the stream between Hudigaun and Limatang. He had arrived in Humla of Friday in course of observing the development works underway in the district.
The Chief Minister was travelling on a motor vehicle and the local Lama community welcomed him on the way and asked him to ride the horse.
Chief Minister Shahi was accompanied by leader of the opposition party in Karnali Province Assembly,
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, Nepal Communist Party (NCP) central member Bijaya Bhandari, Karnali Province government spokesperson Bimala KC, among other leaders and party cadres. RSS
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