Career
In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Dang-3 constituency, winning 20784 votes. He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Information and Communication in the cabinet headed by CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.Controversies
In September 2019, an employee of the parliament secretariat alleged attempted rape by a drunk Mahara at her apartment on the night of 29 September. Mahara resigned as Speaker on 1 October at the behest of his party, and was subsequently arrested. Krishna Bahadur Mahara was also arrested and brought to Kathmandu for investigation into his alleged involvement in a major gold smuggling case.References
See also
* Shakti Bahadur Basnet * Top Bahadur Rayamajhi 1958 births Living people People from Rolpa District Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians Government ministers of Nepal Nepalese atheists Information and Communications ministers of Nepal Speakers of the House of Representatives (Nepal) Ministers of finance of Nepal Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Nepal MPs 1991–1994 People of the Nepalese Civil War {{Lumbini-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly Ministers of foreign affairs of Nepal