KATHMANDU, Dec 1: Senior Nepali Congress leader and Central Working Committee member Bhim Bahadur Tamang passed away due to heart attack at Thapathali-based Norvic International Hospital on Saturday morning. He was 78.
Tamang died on the way to hospital. Doctors pronounced Tamang’s death right upon his arrival.[break]
According to family sources, Tamang was rushed to hospital at around 8 30 this morning after he complained of breathing difficulty at his residence after returning home from morning walk.
Meanwhile, various leaders including NC President Sushil Koirala, Vice-president Ram Chandra Poudel, Ram Sharan Mahat, Prakash Sharan Mahat among others have reached to the hospital.
Bhim Bahadur Tamang (File Photo: Bikash Karki/MyRepublica.com)
According to NC leader Prakash Sharan Mahat, Tamang’s body will be kept at NC central party office Sanepa from 11 am to 3 pm for paying last respects.
Leader Tamang who is known for his Gandhian way of living and devotion to the party, was active in NC since 2014 BS. Tamang was survived by a son and daughter.
Bhim Bahadur Tamang (File Photo: Bikash Karki/MyRepublica.com)
Born in 1935 in Jafe VDC in Dolakha district, Tamang was highly inspired by the ideals of the late Koirala. Tamang who served as Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs in 1997 had been living for decades in a room provided free of cost by party central member Radhe Shyam Adhikari in his house in Kathmandu.
A story on Bhim Bahadur Tamang published at Myrepublica.com in January, 2009:
Bhim Bahadur Tamang (File Photo: Bikash Karki/MyRepublica.com)
Bhim Bahadur Tamang (File Photo: Bikash Karki/MyRepublica.com)
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