Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s wife, Sita Dahal, was cremated with state honors at Pashupati Aryaghat in Kathmandu on Wednesday.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka draped Dahal’s mortal remains with the national flag.

Along with PM Dahal, his two daughters Renu and Ganga lit the funeral pyre.

Cabinet ministers and senior leaders of various political parties gathered at the Aryaghat to pay their last tributes.

An emergency Cabinet meeting held this morning decided to cremate Dahal with state honors.

A band of Nepal Army also offered a gun salute to the departed soul.

Dahal passed away at the age of 69 on Wednesday.

She breathed her last during the course of treatment at the Norvic Hospital at 8: 33 am today, the hospital said.

Dahal was taken to the hospital this morning after her condition became serious.

She was suffering from progressive supranuclear palsy, an uncommon brain disorder that causes serious problems with walking, Diabetes Mellitus-II and Hypertension for a long time.