7 July, KATHMANDU: UCPN (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda has left for Singapore today, making one and all surprised.

According to his secretariat, the former prime minister is going to Singapore for his wife Sita Dahal’s treatment. She would be treated at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, where she will have treatment of heart and kidney.

In last December, she had a medical check up in a hospital in Thailand.

He is flanked by his spouse Sita Dahal and aide Shiva Khakurel.