Jog Meher Shrestha (1924/25 – 6 December 2009) was a Nepali politician and one of the founding members of the

Rastriya Prajatantra Party The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ; , ()) is a monarchist, constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal. The party was formed by Panchayat (Nepal), Panchayat era Prime Minister o ...

(RPP). He was politically active during the '' Panchayat'' period and served as minister of Home Affairs, Panchayat and Land Reforms, Health and Water Resources, Law and Justice, Education and Communication, Panchayat and Local Development and Land Reforms. Shrestha was appointed Land Reform and Management Minister leading RPP in the coalition government led by

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba (, ; born 13 June 1946, Ashigram, Kingdom of Nepal) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served five terms as prime ...

in 2004. After the

2005 Nepal coup d'état A coup d'état in Nepal began on 1 February, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the Nepali Congress, were deposed by Gyanendra, King of Nepal. The parliament was reinstated in 2006, when the king agreed to gi ...

, when democratically elected members of the country's coalition government led by the Nepali Congress were deposed, he was accused of misuse of the Prime Ministers Fund. In March 2005, he was released on bail. In June 2005, he was acquitted. In 2006, Shrestha acted as the chairman for the RPP. Shrestha was admitted to hospital in Lalitpur on 2 December 2009 after severe bladder pain; he died four days later on 6 December 2009, at the age of 84. His funeral took place the same day at

Pashupati Aryaghat Pashupati Aryaghat is a ghat located near Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. It is one of the most famous ghats in Nepal, notably used for open-air cremations, and also the site of an electronic crematorium. References

Ghats of Nep ...

with state honours.

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2008 election interview
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