Kathmandu, October 1, 2026 — CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli paid tribute to communist movement leader Ghanendra Basnet by draping the party flag over his mortal remains.
Basnet, who had been undergoing cancer treatment, died on Wednesday.
UML Chair KP Sharma Oli pays tribute to communist leader Ghanendra Basnet
CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli paid tribute to communist leader Ghanendra Basnet, who died Wednesday after battling cancer and had been elected to Parliament twice.
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He was elected to the House of Representatives twice on a CPN-UML ticket. Basnet was elected from Sankhuwasabha-2 in the 1991 general election and from Bhojpur-1 in the 1999 general election.
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