Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman and CPN-UML Vice-chairman Subash Chandra Nembang passed away at the age of 71 on Tuesday morning.
His body will be taken to the CPN-UML party headquarters at Chyasal, Lalitpur, where it will be kept until Wednesday for final tributes.
Leaders of various political parties, UML cadres and Nembang’s well-wishers had reached the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, in large numbers to pay their last respects following his death.
Nembang, who lives in Baluwatar, was taken to the TUTH after a heart attack. He was declared dead on arrival, according to TUTH sources.
Nembang had returned from Dharan on Sunday and had fever since Monday morning, according to his wife Bishal Nembang. He had stayed at home on Monday for recovery.
He was attended by a doctor at his home Monday evening. He had a fever of 102 degree Fahrenheit then. The doctor advised rest at home ruling out the need for hospitalization.
He had gone to bed after having soup. He was taken to the TUTH after being found unconscious in the toilet at one in the morning.
Nembang was speaker four times in the past including his two stints as CA chairman. He was CA chairman when the new Constitution was promulgated by the Second CA in 2015. He was elected to the House of Representatives (HoR) from Ilam-2 in the recent general election and was deputy parliamentary party leader of the main opposition UML.
