KATHMANDU: Former President of Bibeksheel Sajha Party Ujwal Thapa has passed away at 4:25 pm on Tuesday.

He was undergoing treatment at the Mediciti Hospital on a ventilator. Thapa was 44.

Thapa was infected with coronavirus and pneumonia.

He was earlier admitted to Hams Hospital after contracting the coronavirus from where he was referred to Grande Hospital.

Thapa was taken to Mediciti from Grande Hospital.