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Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel
Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel (born 4 July 1967) is a Nepali communist politician and was a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2] He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 as a part of his second term having previously been elected to the second constituent assembly in 2013.[3] He is a lawyer by profession and had been practising law at Chitwan District Court for more than 20 years, as of 2013.[3] Personal lifeHe was born on 4 July 1967 in Parbatipur-4, Chitwan.[3] He has three daughters.[3] Political careerHe joined politics as a student and served as secretary of ANNFSU, the student wing of CPN UML in 1992.[3] He also became the vice-chairman of Chitwan district working committee for the party.[3] As of 2013, had been a CPN UML Chitwan district committee member for 20 years.[3] In the second constituent assembly election held in 2013, he was the candidate for CPN UML in Chitwan-3 constituency and defeated Narayan Dahal of CPN (Maoist Centre).[4][3] For his current term, he was elected under the first-past-the-post system from Chitwan-2 constituency as a candidate from CPN UML of the left alliance. Following his election to parliament, he was appointed chair of the rule-drafting committee of the House.[2] He is also the Chairperson of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House.[5] References
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