Shankar Pokharel

Shankar Pokhrel (Nepali: शंकर पोखरेल) (born 1964) is the first Chief Minister of Province No. 5, one of seven federal states in Nepal.He was elected as the central secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)[1] from 1998 to 2008. He was also appointed as Minister for Information and Communications. He has also worked as Kathmandu Valley Committee member of CPN-UML. Pokhrel was elected as Member of Parliament in the legislative election of 1994 from Dang–3. In 2008, he was inducted to the CA via PR system. He had also contested from Dang-4 in the CA Election 2013 representing CPN-UML.[2]

Shankar Pokharel
शंकर पोख्रेल
Chief minister of Province No. 5
Assumed office
15 February 2018
Governor
  • Umakanta Jha
  • Dharma Nath Yadav
Minister of Information and Communications (Nepal)
In office
25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Provincial Assembly Member of Province No.5
Assumed office
2017
ConstituencyDang Provincial Assembly 2(A)
Personal details
Born (1963-02-27) February 27, 1963
Tulsipur, Dang
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepal Communist Party
Spouse(s)Sujita Shakya
Parents
  • Keshav Raj Sharma (Father)
  • Tilka Devi (Mother)
Websiteocmcm.p5.gov.np

Early life

Shankar Pokhrel was born in 1964 in Bijauri, Dang. He is the youngest son of Keshav Raj Sharma and Trilotama Upadhaya.

Twitter controversy

On September 6, 2016, Pokhrel received widespread criticism from Nepalese social media users for mocking Madheshis, based on their skin color in a controversial tweet. Madheshis hail from the southern part of Nepal and form about a third of the population of Nepal. For over a year now, they have been protesting against the controversial new constitution promulgated by Communist Party of Nepal (UML), the political party to which Pokhrel belongs.

Later on September 6, owing to some major criticism, Pokhrel removed the tweet and in an interview by a local newspaper claimed that people "deliberately misinterpreted" his tweet. Pokhrel clarified that he had protested the tradition of using black as a sign of protest, which he said was related to racist European mindset, and tried to justify that he was not against people of dark complexion.

gollark: I dislike it.
gollark: Mostly just because shares actually pay dividends and give you partial control of a company, giving them some actual use.
gollark: The stock market isn't really like that.
gollark: It's just some bizarre game where you try and guess whether people will buy shares in things, but it's totally disconnected from any property of the actual meme.
gollark: It's not really an economy for memes, it doesn't work like a real market.

See also

References
  1. Pradhan, Tika R. (2014-06-17). "UML getting ready for high tech general convention". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  2. "Election candidate: Shankar Pokhrel". Pradesh 5. Retrieved 2019-11-05.


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