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Former MP and communist leader BL Waiba no more

KATHMANDU, June 4: Former member of parliament (MP) and a leading figure of the Nepali Communist movement, Bishnulal Tamang, popularly known as ‘BL Waiba’, has passed away.
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By Republica

KATHMANDU, June 4: Former member of parliament (MP) and a leading figure of the Nepali Communist movement, Bishnulal Tamang, popularly known as ‘BL Waiba’, has passed away.



He breathed his last at 6:20PM on Thursday while receiving treatment at Amda Hospital in Jhapa. Waiba was suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes. 


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Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Center), Pushpa Kamal Dahal expressed his condolences to the bereaved family through a press release on Friday. “With the demise of Comrade Waiba, Nepali politics has lost a true nationalist progressive leader while the communist movement has lost a guardian,” Dahal said, adding: “Comrade Waiba was popular among farmers and laborers.”


Waiba is survived by three sons and two daughters. 


 

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