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Leaders pay tributes to late Mangal Siddhi Manandhar

Leaders pay tributes to late Mangal Siddhi Manandhar

By Rastriya Samachar Samiti

CPN-UML Secretary Pradeep Gyawali pays final tribute to former minsiter Mangal Siddhi Manandhar, who died on Friday, in Kathmandu, on Saturday, July 2, 2016. Photo: RSS

KATHMANDU: Leaders of various political parties on Saturday paid final tributes to Mangal Siddhi Manandhar, former minister and Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal leader, who had died on Friday. Speaker Onsari Gharti, CPN Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist leader Barshaman Pun, CPN-Revolutionary Maoist Vice-Chairman CP Gajurel, CPN-UML Secretary Pradeep Gyawali, lawmaker Shyam Shrestha among others had reached Khulamanch, where Manandhar's body was kept, for the tributes. Earlier, his body was kept at the FSF-N central office in Tinkune and the Tri-Chandra College, where he taught geology for years. According to the party, Manandhar would be cremated at the Pashupati Aryaghat as per the family tradition today itself.