KATHMANDU, Jan 23: Nepali Congress leader Draupada Sharma Pokharel has passed away. The 101-year-old leader died this morning at her house in Ranibari. She was the spouse of freedom fighter the late Gobardhan Sharma Pokharel.
Draupada made unparalleled contributions to the democracy movement in Nepal from the movement to overthrow the Rana autocracy in 2007 BS till the people's movement for the restoration of democracy in 2046 BS. She was also elected the President of the local women association following the 2007 BS political revolution.
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Following the confiscation of all property of her husband, Gobardhan Sharma, she was arrested in the political movement in 2018 BS and taken to custody in Pokhara on foot.
She was the Chairperson and Patron of the Gobardhan Sharma Memorial Trust. She leaves behind four sons – Ram Chandra, Krishna Chandra, Dr Jagadish Chandra and Subas Pokharel and two daughters - Priyambada and Satyawati.
Her last rites will be performed at Pashupati Aryaghat today itself, said Ram Chandra, Pokharel's eldest son.
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