Maoist CA member Gaurishankar Khadka passes away
Constituent Assembly (CA) member and Unified CPN (Maoist) Central Committee member, Gaurishankar Khadka, has passed away at the age of 51 in Lalitpur Monday morning. Khadka died while undergoing treatment for cancer at B & B Hospital, Gwarko this morning. He had been admitted to the hospital a few days ago after his health condition worsened. Khadka had also been taken to New Delhi for treatment. Born in 2016 BS, Khadka was elected CA member representing the UCPN (Maoist) from Jhapa constituency – 2 under the First Past The Post (FPTP) system. He is also the secretary of UCPN (Maoist)'s Kochila state committee. He was a member of the CA Committee for Determining the Base of Cultural and Social Solidarity and the Legislature Assembly's International Relations and Human Rights Committee. UCPN (Maoist) has said, Khadka's body will be kept at the party headquarters in Koteshwar from 11 am to 1 pm Monday for final tribute and taken to Jhapa for cre