Jagya Bahadur Shahi

Jagya Bahadur Shahi ( _ne. यज्ञबहादुर शाही) is a Nepalese politician from Dailekh, belonging to the Nepal Workers Peasants Party. Shahi is the chairman of the NWPP youth wing, the Nepal Revolutionary Youth Union. [ [http://www.nrsu.com.np/pub_unisersity_10.php] ] [www.np.francenepal.info/article_view.php?id=1111]

Shahi was arrested, along with other NWPP activists in Dailekh, in connection with pro-democracy protests on March 31 2005. [ [http://www.achrweb.org/briefingpapers/Nepal-BP-07-09_05_HTML.htm Asian Centre for Human Rights ] ]

Shahi was appointed as a Member of Parliament, when the interim legislature was formed in January 2007. [ [http://www.parliament.gov.np/memberhr.htm name list of mp ] ] Shahi swore his other as a parliamentarian on January 24, 2007. [ [http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=11143 The Rising Nepal ] ]

After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Shahi was nominated to the Assembly by the outgoing cabinet. [ [http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul07/news05.php Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens ] ]

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