Jog Meher Shrestha (August 1927 – 6 December 2009) was a well known

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

ese politician, belonging to the

Rastriya Prajatantra Party The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a monarchist, constitutional monarchist and Hindu national ...

and he was one of the founder members of RPP. He was politically active during the ''

Panchayat The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. It is the oldest system of local government in the Indian subcontinent, and historical menti ...

'' 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. Notably, Mr. Shrestha served as the Home Minister during the referudun which took place in May 1980. Mr. Shrestha was appointed Land Reform and Management Minister leading RPP in the coalition government led by

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) 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 ...

in 2004. After the royal takeover (coup d'etat) of Nepal by

King Gyanendra Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuva ...

on 1st February 2005, 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, Mr. Shrestha was acting chairman of the RPP. Mr. Shrestha was admitted to hospital in Lalitpur on 2 December 2009 complaining of bladder pain; he died four days later on 6 December 2009, 9:00 am at the age of 82. Mr. Shrestha funeral took place on the same day at Pashupati Arya Ghat with state honours.

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2008 election interview
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