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Nepali politician
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.
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Career
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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.
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Controversies
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In September 2019, an employee of the parliament secretariat came forward alleging attempted rape by a drunk Mahara at her apartment on the night of 29 September.
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Mahara resigned as Speaker on 1 October at the behest of his party,
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and was subsequently arrested.
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Krishna Bahadur Mahara has been arrested and brought to Kathmandu for investigation into his alleged involvement in a major gold smuggling case.
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References
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See also
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