Late Joshi’s body to be kept at NC party office for tributes

March 27, Kathmandu: The Nepali Congress (NC) has summoned an emergency meeting of the party central committee for Saturday.

The meeting to be convened at 11:30 am at the party central office Sanepa, Lalitpur is expected to pass a condolence motion on the demise of party central member and former minister Nabindra Raj Joshi who passed away on Friday night.

According to the party source, the mortal body of Joshi will be kept at the central office from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm today to pay the last tributes.

Joshi born on 19th September 1962 was rushed to Bir Hospital and then taken to the Norvic International Hospital Thapathali after he suffered a brain haemorrhage a month ago on February 26. He had won the 2013 second Constituent Assembly elections from the Kathmandu constituency 8.