Nepali Janata Dal

Nepali Janata Dal
Nepali Janata Dal
नेपाली जनता दल
President Haricharan Shah[1]
Headquarters Anamnagar[2]
Election symbol
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Nepali Janata Dal is a political party in Nepal. The party was established in 1995 as the United People's Party. The party identifies itself as progressive, nationalist and socialist.[2]

Hari Charan Shah is the party chairman, Kabi Raj Timilsina the vice-vhairman, Deepak Raj Pandey the secretary, Gayatri Shah the joint secretary and Sabitri Shah as the treasurer. In total, the Central Committee of the party has 41 members.[2]

In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the NJD won two seats through the proportional representation vote.[3] It got 48990 PR votes (0.46%).[4] The party selected Vishwanath Prasad Agrawal and Gayatri Shah as its representatives in the assembly.[5] Gayatri Shah is the nominated parliamentary leader of the party.

Gayatri Shah is the youngest member of the current Constituent Assembly of Nepal. She is also a member of the Youth Advisory Panel for the United Nations in Nepal. Shah was recently jailed for selling her diplomatic passport. Her passport was caught in Abu Dhabi being used by Sita Shah.[6]

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