Niru Devi Pal

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Niru Devi Pal
निरु देवी पल
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (UML) party list
In office
4 March 2018 –18 September 2022
Personal details
Born (1971-08-25) 25 August 1971 (age 53) [1]
Nationality Nepali
Political party CPN (UML)

Niru Devi Pal (also Neeru) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. [2] [3] She was elected under the proportional representation system from CPN UML filling the reserved seat for women, [4] for Kanchanpur district. [3] Representing the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in the parliament, she also chairs the parliamentary Women and Social Committee. [5] [6]

She was allegedly threatened by a group of people when out grocery-shopping in Mid-Baneshwar on July 31, 2018. A large number of police personnel had been mobilised and as many as 75 had been arrested for further investigation by August 2, [7] 16 of whom had been held, post preliminary screening. [8] There was no further progress reported on the case, and by mid-November, there were reports that the whole incident was a hoax. [9]

References

  1. ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet](PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ↑ "Ten parliamentary panel chiefs sworn in". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Niru Devi Pal :: Member of Parliament, 2074". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "UML submits nomination for parliament members under PR system to EC". The Himalayan Times. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. ↑ "Chairpersons of HoR thematic panels sworn in". The Himalayan Times. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Press Release on the visit of Rt. Hon. President to New York - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA" . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  7. ↑ "75 suspects detained to investigate into attack on lawmaker Nirudevi Pal". Setopati. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Nepal Police panel probing death threat to lawmaker Niru Devi Pal – OnlineKhabar" . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  9. ↑ "Threat to lawmaker Niru Pal: Police claim the reported incident was fake – OnlineKhabar" . Retrieved 22 September 2019.


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