KATHMANDU, JULY 12

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his condolence over the demise of Sita Dahal, the wife of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, today.

Modi expressed his sadness at the passing of PM Dahal's wife on Twitter and expressed his wish for the deceased person to have eternal rest.

Sita Dahal passed away today at the age of 69. She was undergoing treatment at Norvic International Hospital when she went into cardiac arrest at 8:00 am. She breathed her last at 8:33am.

She had been suffering from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Parkinsonism, Diabetes Mellitus-II, and Hypertension for a long time.