Dhangadhi . Bajhang district is mourning the death of Prithvi Bahadur Singh, Home Affairs and Law Minister of the Sudurpaschim Province government, who passed away in an accident on Tuesday afternoon. After the arrival of Minister Singh, who is going to visit the district on his first visit after becoming a minister, programs were also arranged at various places to welcome him. Even the garlands placed to welcome the popular leader of the district have withered away before being able to welcome them.
The residents of the district, who were excited by the news of the minister's visit to the district, were suddenly shocked by the news of the accident. Bajhang State Constituency (A) Elected Minister Singh was a popular leader of the district. Minister Singh Bajhang, who has been involved in Nepali Congress politics for a long time, was very popular in the district because he was involved in various social activities. All the people of the district are now in mourning due to the death of Minister Singh.
After being appointed as a minister, he was going to his home district for the first time to share happiness with his constituents and worship the clan deity, to give instructions to the office heads and to monitor development works. After the news of his death, all over the district, including the headquarters, Chainpur, markets and rural areas are in shock over the death of Minister Singh.
Not only the political party Nepali Congress to which he is involved, but also other parties have expressed deep sorrow that the district has lost a skilled, honest and loyal leader. Bhanubhakta Joshi, a member of the House of Representatives, said that the district had lost a promising leader and said that he was shocked by the news of the accident.
Likewise, CPN-UML central member Ain Mahar also said that the district has lost a good politician. Speaker of Sudurpaschim Province Bhim Bhandari also said that the district itself was devastated when the people lost their beloved leader and the politics of Bajhang suffered an irreparable loss. Not only in the government office in the district, but various social organizations, civil society and others issued condolence statements and said that an ideal of the district has fallen.
Dan Bahadur Surmeli, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, "The minister was a leader with a simple lifestyle, integrity and a love of development. Even more popular among the workers, after he became the minister, the residents of the district had high hopes for the development and prosperity of the district, but what to do, it was like fate or tar. Chairman Surmeli also said that businesses in the district were closed from Wednesday morning to 3 pm in mourning for Minister Singh.
In mourning for Minister Singh, all government offices across the district have also been closed and even the national flag has been flown at half mast. Minister Singh, involved in Nepali Congress politics since 2034, was also a well-known advocate of the district. The residents of the district had a lot of faith in making the Saipal crossing a legal crossing, developing the Chainpur Taklakot road as a priority, and upgrading the Jai Prithvi highway, etc.
Locals say that he is more popular in the rural community than the popular central level because of his habit of listening seriously even to ordinary citizens and trying whether it works or not. Rajendra Dhami, the former president of Saipal Rural Municipality said, "The chief minister and his team will inspect from a helicopter to establish the Urai checkpoint in Saipal Rural Municipality, which is connected to the border with China, as a legal checkpoint and to speed up the construction work of Chainpur Taklakot road.
After the death of Minister Singh, the social media was also colored. He was considered close to Nepali Congress Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba. Minister Singh Bajhang was known as a leader who stayed in the village and engaged in various social activities.
The funeral will be held on Saturday
Late Minister Singh and his wife Amrita Singh will be cremated next Saturday at the Doban of Seti river near the headquarters Chainpur. According to family sources, Minister Singh's son Myla is in Israel for foreign employment, so the funeral will be done according to Hindu traditions only after his arrival. It is also said that Minister Singh's youngest son will come from Israel on Thursday. He has two sons, a daughter-in-law and a grandson.
Minister Singh's body was taken to Bajhang by a Nepalese army helicopter on Wednesday and is now being kept safely in the District Hospital Bajhang.