Rajendra Prasad Shrestha | |
|---|---|
| राजेन्द्र प्रसाद श्रेष्ठ | |
| Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration | |
| In office 8 October 2021 –14 October 2022 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Ganesh Singh Thagunna |
| Succeeded by | Aman Lal Modi |
| Member of Parliament,Pratinidhi Sabha for Federal Socialist Forum party list | |
| In office 4 March 2018 –2022 | |
| Member of Parliament,Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office October 1994 –May 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Krishna Gopal Shrestha |
| Succeeded by | Mangal Siddhi Manandhar |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 5 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 March 1960 [1] |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | People's Socialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | CPN (Fourth Convention) CPN (ML) CPN (UML) Federal Socialist Party Federal Socialist Forum |
Rajendra Prasad Shrestha is a Nepalese politician,belonging to the People's Socialist Party(PSP),and former Minister of The Housing and Physical Planning in a coalition government led by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala [2] and Federal Affairs and General Administration in a coalition led by Sher Bahadur Deuwa. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Kathmandu 5 in the 1994 general election,representing the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and in the First Federal Parliament as a member of House of Representatives from Proportional Representation in 2017.
He is the Federal Council Chairperson of the People's Socialist Party (PSP). [3] [4] and a scholar who propounded the concept of Federal Socialism in 2012 with the slogan "Federalism for the emancipation of oppressed nationalities and socialism for the emancipation of working class". [5]
This political ideology was the basis for the unification of the political forces that set up the People's Socialist Party,Nepal. The guiding principle of the PSPN is Enhanced Federal Socialism [6] .