Lila Nath Shrestha (born 28 January 1962) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the

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of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was the former Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and also served as Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens . He joined politics as a student and has remained a prominent communist politician from

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Biography

Born on 28 January 1962 to Jit Bahadur and Dhan Maya Shrestha, in Chandralalpur-2 of Siraha, he is a graduate in

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and has two children – a son and a daughter. He joined politics as a student in 1980, and went on to become a prominent member of the student wing of CPN ML,

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, and later the youth wing of

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. He was a long-time member and prominent leader of CPN UML in Siraha District, until the party's dissolution in 2018. Following the merger of CPN UML and

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, he was appointed the "District Incharge" of Siraha for the newly formed

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. He was the candidate for the second constituent assembly in the 2013 election from CPN UML, but was defeated by

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, chairman of the

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party. He was finally elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in the 2017 legislative election. He was elected from

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-3 constituency under the

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system representing

of the left alliance. He defeated his nearest rival, Asheswor Yadav, by acquiring 23,227 votes to Yadav's 21,220.

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Living people 1962 births Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians People from Siraha District Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (1978) politicians Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians 21st-century Nepalese lawyers 20th-century Nepalese lawyers Newar Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal MPs 2022–present {{Province2NP-politician-stub

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