Nona Koirala 78, a leading female pro-democracy activist in Nepal and the sister-in-law of the prime minister, died Sunday. Koirala died at the Gangalal National Heart Center in the capital, Katmandu. She had been admitted at the hospital on Jan. 20 with chest pains complain. However, it was found that she suffered from jaundice and high blood pressure.
Koirala was the widow of the elder brother of Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala. She had played a vital role in organizing pro-democracy activities since she entered politics in the 1960s after King Mahendra staged a coup d’état. She spent seven years in jail and eight years in exile in India along with the Prime Minister Girija Koirala.
The Nepali Congress party confirmed the death and her body would be kept at the party office so that the party cadres and the supporters can pay their last respects.
Although I will not be available physically to pay my last respect to her in Kathmandu I will be praying the almighty for the peace of the departing Soul.
The body will be cremated according to Hindu traditions.
