Lila Nath Shrestha

Lila Nath Shrestha (born 28 January 1962) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[1] He is the current Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and also served as Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens . He joined politics as a student and has remained a prominent communist politician from Siraha District. He was a candidate in the constituent assembly elections of 2013 but was defeated. He finally won his first seat in parliament in the 2017 legislative election from Siraha-3 constituency.

Honourable

Lila Nath Shrestha
लीला नाथ श्रेष्ठ
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
Assumed office
25 December 2020
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
In office
14 October 2020 – 25 December 2020
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepal Communist Party

Biography

Born on 28 January 1962 to Jit Bahadur and Dhan Maya Shrestha, in Chandralalpur-2 of Siraha, he is a graduate in Law and has two children – a son and a daughter.[2]

He joined politics as a student in 1980, and went on to become a prominent member of the student wing of CPN ML, ANNFSU, and later the youth wing of CPN UML.[2] He was a long-time member and prominent leader of CPN UML in Siraha District, until the party's dissolution in 2018.[2] Following the merger of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), he was appointed the "District Incharge" of Siraha for the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[3]

He was the candidate for the second constituent assembly in the 2013 election from CPN UML, but was defeated by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, chairman of the CPN (Maoist) party.[2]

He was finally elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2017 legislative election.[4] He was elected from Siraha-3 constituency under the first-past-the-post system representing CPN UML of the left alliance. He defeated his nearest rival, Asheswor Yadav, by acquiring 23,227 votes to Yadav's 21,220.[5]

References
  1. "Discussion for sake of discussion useless, say MPs". The Himalayan Times. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  2. "Siraha-5". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. "62 new faces in parliament, just 2 women". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  5. "Siraha : Province 2 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". election.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
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