Nepalese Congress President and Former Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala is dead. He died this afternoon at the residence of his daughter and Foreign Minsiter Sujata Koirala. Party' Senior Leader Sher Bahadur Deuba told newsmen that G.P. Koirala passed away at 12:10 hrs. today. The body of the veteran leader will be kept at Dasrath Rangshala Stadium tomorrow from 8 a.m. to enable people to pay their last respects. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has condoled the death of G. P.Koirala and said the late leader had an enlightened vision of India-Nepal relations.Describing Koirala as one of Nepal's "tallest leaders and an elder statesman of South Asia", Singh said in a condolence message that Koirala worked sincerely to bring the people of the two countries closer. Singh said Koirala was first and foremost a democrat and his long struggle to usher in democracy in Nepal reached a successful conclusion when he became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Nepal in 1991. He said the passing away of Koirala marks the end of an era in Nepalese politics.