[1] In his office, he braved the sixteen months long ordeal of economic blockade (March 23, 1989) imposed on Nepal by India.

He was dismissed by the King Birendra during political tensions in which protestors called for multiparty elections.

[2] Subsequently, a draft constitution was introduced which allowed for direct elections to a bicameral parliament.

[3][4] Shrestha was brought to the Kathmandu from New Delhi-based Medicity Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment and was on ventilator support.

[5] He told family members that he wished to die in his own country and was air lifted to Kathmandu.