Prem_Bahadur_Ale

Prem Ale

Prem Ale

Nepali politician

Prem Bahadur Ale Magar (born 28 April 1970) is a Nepali politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist). He is also the former Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Quick Facts Honourable, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation ...

Before being Tourism Minister, Magar has previously served as the Minister for Forests and Environment of Nepal.[1][2]


Political life

He started his career as a local cadre first being elected as a ward member in Doti. After losing by in the 2013 Constituent Assembly, he was elected, in the 2017 general election, as a member of the House of Representatives from Doti 1 constituency.[3]

In 2022, Ale gained widespread popularity after exposing the corruption behind land appropriation in the Narayanhiti Palace by Yogesh Bhattarai.[4] He further accused Bhattarai of taking part in illegal gun smuggling after the end of the Civil War in 2008. He was praised by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba for his bold actions and he has vowed stern action against those accused in the fraud.[citation needed]

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

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Controversies

Amidst his catchy moves as a minister Ale recently got mired into controversy as a phone call recording between him and a Nepali national from Accham district leaked.[5] He is heard abusing the person currently in Mumbai for his comments on social media.[6] Ale's secretariat dismissed the recording as fabricated and manipulated to put down on Ale's image by an active conspiracy group.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Oli inducts 8, reassigns 6 Ministers on board after dissolving parliament".
  2. [2]
    Ministry of Forests and Environment
  3. [3]
    Election Commission of Nepal
  4. [4]
    "Report on restaurant operation inside Narayanhiti Museum made public". Khabarhub. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  5. [5]
    "अश्लील गालीगलौजको संवाद सार्वजनिक भएपछि पर्यटनमन्त्री आले विवादमा". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  6. [6]
    "मन्त्री आलेको अश्लील गाली सामाजिक सन्जालमा भाइरल". Online Khabar. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  7. [7]
    "संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय". www.tourism.gov.np. Retrieved 16 February 2022.


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