Jitendra Prasad Sonal (also known as ''Jitendra Prasad Sonar'') is a
Nepalese politician. He is parliamentary party leader for the
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal in the
Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2
The Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province (Nepali/ Maithili: मधेश प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Madhesh Province, one of the 7 Provinces in Nepal, and is situated at Janakpur, the prov ...
.
Political life
Sonal, a resident of
Bara, was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Bara 4(B) with 13118 votes. He was the Physical Infrastructure Minister for
Province No. 2, Nepal till 6 June 2021. He including 3 other state ministers were expelled from
Lalbabu Raut ministry
The Raut Cabinet is the Council of Ministers headed by Mohammad Lalbabu Raut in Madhesh Province, Nepal. Mohammad Lalbabu Raut from Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Madhesh Province in February 2018. Present a ...
on 6 June 2021 after a group of
PSP-N joined government led by KP Sharma Oli and Sonal supported the same.
Controversy
After Sonal was removed from his ministerial post, CIAA started investigation in 28 cases filed against the works done during his tenure. Previously, he had been diluted over abusing many government vehicles while as minister.
Electoral history
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 November and 7 December 2017 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven newly created provincial assemblies were elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional ...
References
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Living people
People from Bara District
1969 births
Provincial cabinet ministers of Nepal
Members of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province
Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party politicians
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal politicians
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal politicians
People's Socialist Party, Nepal politicians
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal politicians