Kathmandu, Aug 23: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ expressed his heartfelt condolences to Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Sudan Kirati, on the passing of his father Harka Bahadur Rai. Today, the Prime Minister visited Minister Kirati at his Pulchowk-based official residence and paid tributes to his late father. During the visit, the Prime Minister extended his condolences to grieving family and relatives. Similarly, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Purna Bahadur Khadka, Minister for Urban Development, Sita Gurung, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet, and Minister for Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Ranjita Shrestha Chaudhary, had been in Pulchowk to pay tributes to the Minister’s late father. The Minister’s father who had been unwell for long passed away this morning at Bir Hospital. He was 76.