Rastriya Prajatantra Party joint spokesperson Kiran Giri informed that Thapa's body arrived in Kathmandu a short while ago in a special aircraft of the Government of India.

The former Prime Minister Thapa died in the New Delhi-based Medanta Hospital. He was 88.

Thapa's body would be kept at his residence in Maligaun till Friday morning and would be take to the central office of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party in Chabhil at 10:00 am and then the body would be kept at Dhasharath Stadium till 12:00 noon for condolences.

Thapa's last rites would be performed at Pashupati Aryaghat on Friday itself, Giri said. RSS