The GEFONT family is shocked by the untimely demise of Comrade Dhan Bahadur Shrestha, a member of the Jute, Textile, Garment and Carpet Workers’ Union Nepal (JTG-CWUN), an affiliate of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT) and a former member of the CPN-UML Workers Special District Committee, on November 7.

In this sad time, GEFONT has expressed its heartfelt tribute to late Shrestha and expressed its condolences to the bereaved family.

A brief tribute meeting was organized at Pashupati on November 11 before the cremation of the late Shrestha.

At the tribute meeting, CPN-UML Politburo member and GEFONT President Binod Shrestha draped the party flag.

Similarly, GEFONT Vice President Jitendra Shrestha and Sita Lama paid tribute by hoisting the GEFONT flag and JTG-CWUN President Arjun Adhikari paid tribute by hoisting the union flag.

Late Dhan Bahadur Shrestha, a resident of Ward No. 3 of Sailung Rural Municipality, Dolakha District, had been living in Kathmandu since 1989 for employment.

Late Shrestha passed away untimely on the way back from the Muktinath pilgrimage with his family on November 7.