Subash Nembang cremated with state honors (With photos)

Constituent Assembly Chairman and CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Subash Nembang has been cremated with state honors at Pashupati Aryaghat in Kathmandu on Thursday.

Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal draped the body of Nembang with the national flag and UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli with the party flag at Aryaghat.

Nembang’s sons Mingso and Suhang Nemang lit the funeral pyre.

Before his funeral pyre was lit, Nembang was accorded a guard of honor by a contingent of Nepal Army.

Nepal government ministers, senior leaders of various political parties, relatives, family members and well-wishers were present at the Aryaghat.

Prior to last rites were performed, the funeral procession was marched to Pashupatinath temple via Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Narayangopal Chowk, Dhumbarahi, Chabahil and Gaushala.

His body was kept at the party headquarters in Chayasal till 1 pm on Wednesday for final tributes. Then the mortal remains were taken to his Baluwatar-based residence.

The government has declared a public holiday today to mourn the demise of a key architect of Nepal’s new constitution.

The government has also decided to fly the national flag at half-mast in all the government offices and Nepali missions abroad to mourn the demise of Nembang.

Nembang was rushed to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital after he suffered a heart attack at 1:40 am on Tuesday. But doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. He was 71.