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Shakti Bahadur Basnet

Shakti Bahadur Basnet

Nepalese politician and Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation since 2023

Shakti Bahadur Basnet (Nepali: शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत; born 11 May 1969) is a Nepalese politician and former Minister of Forest and Environment.[5] He is a Central Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party.[6][7][8] He is currently serving as the Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation.

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He served as Minister of Home Affairs.[9] He inaugurated the campaign "Police My Friend".[1] In December 2015, he had taken actions against the protesters hurling petrol bombs towards President Bidhya Bhandari at Janakpur, Nepal.[10] PM KP Oli expressed discontent with him after he acted against the PM's instruction to stop the transfer of CDOs.[2][11] He served as Minister of Health and Population under the prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal. He was elected in the 2017 Nepalese legislative election from Jajarkot district constituency number 1.[3][12][13]

Early years

In 1990, he began his active career into politics with alias Suresh Singh. In 1998, he was selected as Central Committee Member of UCPN Maoist.[3]

Family

He was born in Kalegaun, Jajarkot, Nepal to father Danda Bir Basnet and mother Dharma Kumari Basnet. He is married to fellow politician Satya Pahadi.[3][14]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "'Police My Friend' campaign begins". thehimalayantimes.com. July 11, 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  2. [2]
    "thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/basnet-pun-dropped-cabinet/". thehimalayantimes.com. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  3. [3]
    "Shakti Bahadur Basnet 'Suresh Singh'". election.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
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    "Shakti Bahadur Basnet 'Suresh Singh'". संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Members of Parliament, 2014 Introductory Handbook] (in Hindi). Federal Parliament Secretariat. Archived from the original on 4 May 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Minister Basnet stresses tourism promotion for country's prosperity". The Himalayan Times. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  6. [6]
    "एकीकृत नेकपा (माओवादी) केन्द्रीय समिति सदस्यहरुको नामावलीः- | एकीकृत नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी)". ucpnmaoist.org. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  7. [7]
    "Forest Minister off to London". Setopati. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  8. [8]
    "Former Home Minister Shakti Basnet wins in Jajarkot". My Republica. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Current problems would be resolved soon: Minister Basnet". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  10. [10]
    "People behind Janakpur incident booked: Basnet – National – The Kathmandu Post". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  11. [11]
    "Maoists-Nepal PM rift deepens; home minister likely to be sacked | The Indian Express". The Indian Express. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-11.
  12. [12]
    "वन तथा वातावरणमन्त्री शक्ति बस्नेतले ल्याए १०० बुँदे कार्ययोजना :वनबाट एक बर्षमा एक लाख रोजगारी". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  13. [13]
    "५ लाखको रोजगारी श्रृजनामा वन मन्त्रालयले २० प्रतिशत योगदान दिने". Setopati. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  14. [14]
    "उम्मेदवार - शक्ति बहादुर वस्नेत". Ujyaalo Online Election. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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