Lal Babu Pandit


Lal Babu Pandit, is a Nepalese politician from Nepal Communist Party and was the Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration under Second Oli cabinet. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Morang - 6 in the 2017 election by defeating Congress candidate Shekhar Koirala. He was elected to the First and Second Constituent Assembly under Proportional Representation system.

Minister of General Administration

He was the Minister of General Administration under Sushil Koirala led government during which he gained publicity for his campaign against officials holding Permanent Resident status of other countries.

Action against Permanent Residency holders

In 2014 he garnered attention for creating a list of 1,100 senior government officials who hold permanent residency in foreign countries and announced to take action against the people on the list. He claimed that he received a number of death threats for his controversial action to disallow permanent residency holding government officials from the service.

Action against dilly-dallying government employees

He has warned of taking action against the employees who dillydally while providing services to the service seekers during the government's new administrative system of twelve-hour-long service which includes two shifts in a day.

Electoral History

1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang
PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLLal Babu PanditElected

1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang
PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLLal Babu PanditLost

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang-2
PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLLal Babu Pandit16288Elected
Nepali CongressGopal Man Singh Rajbhandari15589Lost

2017 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang-6
PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLLal Babu Pandit33,266Elected
Nepali CongressShekhar Koirala33,141Lost