Senior politician and writer Acharya passes away

Kathmandu - Senior politician and litterateur Yagya Prasad Acharya has passed away. He was 87. He died on Tuesday at Norvic Hospital. Acharya was undergoing treatment for heart and kidney problem at Norvic Hospital for the past three weeks, and was lately suffering from lung problem, said the family source. His last rites were performed at Pashupati Aryaghat on Tuesday itself.

Acharya is survived by his spouse, four sons and a daughter. He had played leadership role as a Satyagrahi commander for Tehrathum of the then Dhankuta district in a movement against the Rana oligarchy. He served as the Nepali Congress district secretary in 2006 BS and went on to become the district secretary of Nepal Communist Party later in 2010 BS. He was later active in politics during the party-less Panchayat political system after 2019 BS.