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State 5 main opposition leader dies



RUPANDEHI: The main opposition leader of State 5 State Assembly Baladev Sharma Pokhrel has passed away on Monday. He was 82.

He succumbed to cancer he had been struggling with for a year at his residence in Tilottama municipality-14 in Rupandehi.

He was the Nepali Congress proportional candidate and was the senior-most in the State Assembly.

He is survived by his spouse, four sons, and two daughters.

Publish Date : 20 January 2020 18:22 PM

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