Nepal, Nov. 8 -- Nepali Congress (NC) has passed a condolence motion expressing sorrow over the demise of party leader and former minister Mohammad Aftab Alam, a controversial figure accused of burning workers alive in a brick kiln in Rautahat during the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections.

According to Krishna Prasad Paudel, chief secretary of the Congress Central Office, an urgent meeting of the Central Working Committee chaired by Acting President Purna Bahadur Khadka was convened on Saturday morning to pass the condolence motion. The meeting also decided to fly the party flag at half-mast for three days in honor of Alam's "contributions to the party and the nation".

The Congress expressed profound sadness over the loss of the 63-yea...