Nepali Congress Bagmati State Assembly member, Tshering Dorje Lama said that he passed away at Medanta Hospital in India in course of treatment after undergoing kidney transplant.

Gajendra was also the former vice-chair of Lumbini Development Trust as well as the chair of the Mahendra Boudhdha Secondary School Management Committee and the Chakra Bahadur Thakuri Foundation.

He was a Master degree holder from the United Kingdom and a scholar on Buddhism. Lama is survived by a wife, a son and a daughter.