Nepal’s Interim PM Sushila Karki and her husband Durga Prasad Subedi (ANI)
NEW DELHI: Nepal’s Interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki’s husband, Durga Prasad Subedi, is set to be flown to New Delhi for his medical treatment after he was admitted to a government hospital but showed no improvement.Subedi, 74, was admitted to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital last Thursday. Hospital sources confirmed that he showed no significant improvement and is expected to be discharged later this evening before being taken to Delhi.”He was admitted here and has been undergoing treatment since Thursday after experiencing various health problems. Initially, he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, low sodium levels, and stomach-related issues,” a doctor at the hospital told ANI on condition of anonymity.Doctors said multiple tests were conducted to determine the cause of his illness, however, no specific condition was detected. “CT scans and MRI tests were also conducted to ascertain the cause of his condition, but no specific problem was detected. We are not aware of which hospital in India he is being taken to, but he has been discharged from here,” another senior hospital doctor confirmed to ANI.Interim Prime Minister Karki’s personal doctor, Man Bahadur KC, said Subedi was discharged after the family decided to seek a second opinion. Subedi is a former youth leader of the Nepali Congress and met Interim Prime Minister Karki while studying at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.He was also involved in Nepal’s first plane hijacking 53 years ago. Subedi was among a group of Nepali Congress cadres who hijacked a Royal Nepal Airlines flight travelling from Biratnagar to Kathmandu on June 10, 1973, to push for political change.Subedi, along with two other party members, seized control of a Canadian-made 19-seater Twin Otter aircraft. The operation was masterminded by former Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala and aimed at raising funds for an armed struggle against the monarchy under King Mahendra.The aircraft was carrying NRs 30 lakh in government funds. After a brief struggle with the crew, the hijackers forced the pilot to land on a grassy strip in Forbesganj, Bihar. Subedi later recounted the incident in his book Biman Bidroha.