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CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has described party Vice-Chair Subash Chandra Nembang as not only his party Vice-Chair, but also a close friend and comrade-in-arms.

The UML Chair took to the social media in paying tributes to Nembang and wrote: "We will always remember the contribution he made for drafting the democratic constitution. Heartfelt condolences to a soft-spoken, polite and decent colleague Subash Nembang!"

Nembang succumbed to a heart attack at 1:40 am today while receiving treatment at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj. He was 71.

Constituent Assembly Chairman and CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Subash Nembang’s body has been brought to the party headquarters in Chyasal, Lalitpur for final tributes.

The mortal remains of Nembang were brought to the party headquarters from Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) this afternoon.

The party said that the body of Nembang will be kept at the party headquarters in Chyasal the whole day today for final tributes.

The UML leader, who was rushed to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital at 1 :30 am after suffering a heart attack, breathed his last in the course of treatment.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli, Speaker Devraj Ghimire and National Assembly Chairman Ganesh Timilsina among others had reached the hospital to take stock of his health.

The government has decided to cremate Nembang with state honors.

An emergency Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday morning has also decided to give a public holiday on the day of his cremation.

The last rites of Nembang will be performed after his sons, who are living abroad, come to Nepal.

The government has decided to cremate Constituent Assembly member and CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Subash Chandra Nembang with state honors.

An emergency Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday decided to give a public holiday on the day of Nembang’s cremation, Tourism Minister Sudan Kiranti said.

“The government has decided to give him state honors in recognition of his contribution in the constitution making process,” he said.

Nembang was rushed to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital after he fell unconscious in the toilet of his Baluwatar-based residence.

The hospital announced that he died at 1:40 am today.

It has been learnt that Nembang’s last rites will be performed after his sons come from abroad.

Madhes Pradesh Assembly member Bindu Kumari Yadav passed away on Tuesday. She was 44.

Yadav, who was elected as the Province Assembly member under the PR category from the Janata Samajbadi Party in Madesh Pradesh Assembly, breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Janakpurdham-based Madhesh Institute of Health Sciences at 8: 30 am today.

She was suffering from cancer for a long time.

Dr Ram Naresh Pandit, Director at the Provincial Hospital, Janapur, said that she died at 8:30 am today.

She was undergoing treatment at the ICU ward of the Provincial Hospital in Janakpur for the past 10 days.