SYANGJA: Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation Padma Kumari Aryal's mother has passed away.

Minister Aryal’s mother Tara Devi breathed her last in her own residence in Syangja on Monday evening. She was 86 and had been suffering from pneumonia and lungs related ailment.

Aryal is survived by four sons and four daughters. Her last rites will be performed at Ramnadi Dham in Ramdi, a family source said.