Kavre's leftist leader Govinda Upreti has passed away at the age of 87.
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Kavre's leftist leader Govinda Upreti passed away at the age of 87 on Monday morning at his residence in Bhumlung Rural Municipality-8, Pauwa.
He had been suffering from respiratory, heart and prostate problems for a long time. Govinda, who had been raising the problems of the citizens since the Panchayat period, was given the title of 'leader of the earthlings' by the locals.
According to his nephew Mohan Upreti, he was living a difficult life in a small two-room hut in a sick state. Upreti, who was a member of the National Panchayat once during the Panchayat period from Kavre and twice after the change in 2046, is seen as a leader who consistently works for the people.
He was arrested several times for opposing the Panchayat. He had won the National Panchayat once as a candidate for the people in the Panchayat and started his political journey from the UML after 2046. When the UML split, he joined the CPN-ML and became a minister of state. Upreti, who contested the elections from the ML in 2056, was defeated. Upreti's wife, whom he married in 2049, passed away four years ago. He is childless. He had been living off the help of villagers and relatives.
He had started construction of a road in 2052 to provide transportation to the remote settlement east of Dolalghat, known as 'Koshipari'. The road is now blacktopped, and transportation is operating in the villages across Koshipari. He had taken away the electricity poles that were going to lead to Sindhupalchowk to generate electricity across Koshipari in the panchayat. When there was a shortage of chemical fertilizers and food, he used to distribute khosars to the locals from the government agencies. He had established schools in Dolalghat, Bhumlung and other places, and he would go to government offices himself to help those who had problems.
Tejkaji Shrestha, a local of Dolalghat and a close associate of Upreti, says that the leader of the people of the earth has passed away. He said that he was a leader who had no self-interest and did not believe in making money. 'His simple life cannot be compared to today's leaders,' Shrestha said.
Upreti had received a vehicle as a member of parliament when Sher Bahadur Deuba was the Prime Minister. But after a few years, due to lack of money to fuel and repair the vehicle, it became dilapidated. According to his nephew Mohan, after the earthquake, a two-room tin-sheet tent was built for him with the help of locals and relatives.
‘Since he had no children, we took care of him,’ Mohan said, ‘He was taken to the hospital from time to time. The municipality used to provide an ambulance for that free of charge.’
A price was also set on his head for supporting the Maoists during the crisis. He had recently become the central advisor of the disbanded Maoist party. He was inducted into the party by Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Upreti’s cremation was held at Dobhan in Dolalghat on Monday afternoon. The Armed Police Force gave a salute to his mortal remains. Leaders of various political parties, MPs, local public representatives, and locals participated in the last rites.
