Shakti Bahadur Basnet
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 served as Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. 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 yearsIn 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] FamilyHe 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 alsoReferences
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