Krishna_Bahadur_Mahara

Krishna Bahadur Mahara

Krishna Bahadur Mahara

Nepali politician

Krishna Bahadur Mahara is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He was a prominent Maoist leader during the civil war. After the maoists entered the peace process, he was elected to parliament/constituent-assembly multiple times, and also became cabinet minister. Following his election to the house of representatives in the 2017 legislative election, he was elected House Speaker but resigned in October 2019 after allegations of attempted rape were made by a parliamentary staffer. He was acquitted in February 2020.[2]

Quick Facts Speaker of the Pratinidhi Sabha, President ...

Career

In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Dang-3 constituency, winning 20784 votes. He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Information and Communication in the Cabinet headed by CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.[3]

Controversies

In September 2019, an employee of the parliament secretariat came forward alleging attempted rape by a drunk Mahara at her apartment on the night of 29 September.[4] Mahara resigned as Speaker on 1 October at the behest of his party,[5] and was subsequently arrested.[6]

Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been arrested and brought to Kathmandu for investigation into his alleged involvement in a major gold smuggling case.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ex-Ministers of MOIC". www.moic.gov.np. Ministry of Information and Communications. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  2. [2]
    "Nepal's former parliament speaker acquitted of rape charges". Los Angeles Times. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join"[permanent dead link], Nepalnews, 22 August 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Parliament Sectt staffer accuses Mahara of rape". The Himalayan Times. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Speaker Mahara offers 'temporary resignation' following accusation of rape". The Himalayan Times. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  6. [6]
    "Nepal's speaker arrested over alleged staff rape". 7 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  7. [7]
    PTI (18 March 2024). "Nepal's former Speaker arrested for alleged involvement in gold smuggling case". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 March 2024.

See also


Stub icon

This article about a politician from Lumbini Province is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Krishna_Bahadur_Mahara, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.