Krishna Bahadur Mahara


Krishna Bahadur Mahara is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party.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.

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 Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.

Controversies

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. Mahara resigned as Speaker on 1 October at the behest of his party, and was subsequently arrested. On 16 February 2020, the District Court of Kathmandu give final justice to Mahara stating that he was not in any part in the allegation registered.

Release and Subsequent Political Activities

A huge numbers of supporters and his fellow politicians are gathered outside the Kathmandu district court to celebrate his release formally from the court. In an interview with ImageKhabar, a local television media in Nepal, he mentioned that he was thrown to the jail by internal as well as external super forces who doesn't like his position and work.
On 18 February his position as member of House of Representatives was formally reestablished, as announced by current speaker of the house Agni Sapkota. After this he said that he will continue in his better political role in future days to protect national independence and sovereignty.