Krishna Bahadur Mahara

Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Krishna Bahadur Mahara
कृष्ण बहादुर महरा
Speaker of the Pratinidhi Sabha
	In office; 10 March 2018 – 1 October 2019
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Deputy	Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe
Preceded by	Onsari Gharti Magar ; (as Speaker of Constituent Assembly of Nepal)
Succeeded by	Agni Sapkota
Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)
	In office; 1 April 2007 – 17 September 2007
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Girija Prasad Koirala
Preceded by	Bhim Bahadur Rawal
Succeeded by	Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Minister of Information and Communications
Preceded by	Dilendra Prasad Badu
Succeeded by	Girija Prasad Koirala
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
	In office; 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded by	Sushila Chaudhary
Succeeded by	Rekha Sharma
Constituency	Dang 2
	In office; May 1991 – August 1994
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Surendra Hamal
Constituency	Rolpa 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
	In office; 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Jaypuri Gharti
Succeeded by	Barsaman Pun
Constituency	Rolpa 1
	In office; 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded by	Krishna Kishor Ghimire
Succeeded by	Raju Khanal
Constituency	Dang 3
Minister of Foreign Affairs
	In office; 2017
Preceded by	Prakash Sharan Mahat
Succeeded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba; as Prime Minister
Personal details
Born	29 June 1958 (age 66); Liwang Rolpa District Nepal
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre)
Other political; affiliations	CPN (Unity Centre); Nepal Communist Party
Spouse	Sita Mahara
Children	4
Parents	Ravichan Mahara (father); Samundra Devi Mahara (mother);

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]

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 alleged 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 was also arrested and brought to Kathmandu for investigation into his alleged involvement in a major gold smuggling case.^[7]

References

^ "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.
^ "Nepal's former parliament speaker acquitted of rape charges". Los Angeles Times. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join"^{[permanent dead link]}, Nepalnews, 22 August 2008.
^ "Parliament Sectt staffer accuses Mahara of rape". The Himalayan Times. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "Speaker Mahara offers 'temporary resignation' following accusation of rape". The Himalayan Times. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "Nepal's speaker arrested over alleged staff rape". 7 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ 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.

Career

Controversies

References

See also