Mahesh Basnet


Mahesh Basnet is a Nepalese Communist politician. He is member of house of representative elected from Bhaktapur district in the election of federal parliament held in 2017. He served as Minister of Industry under the prime minister Sushil Koirala. He served as Chief of Youth Force Nepal on 2008 and is serving as Chairman of Youth Association Nepal since 2009. He contested in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from Bhaktapur district constituency number 2. While serving as Minister of Industry, Basnet waived off the loans provided to industrialists affected by earthquake.

Family

He was born on 16 January 1978 A.D at Gundu-4, Bhaktapur district to father Purna Bahadur Basnet and mother Ishwari Basnet. His autobiographical book Ma Mahesh was published in 2016 which was co-authored by Shikhar Ghimirey.