Narayan Kaji Shrestha

Narayan Kaji Shrestha (Nepali: नारायणकाजी श्रेष्ठ), alias Prakash, is a Nepalese communist politician. Prakash is the deputy leader of the parilamentary party of unified maoist. On May 27, 2008, he became public after spending 18 years in underground work. Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Prachanda and Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai took part in the felication ceremony of Prakash as he left the underground.^[1] In July 2008, he became a nominated Constituent Assembly member, representing Janamorcha Nepal.^[2] His the then party unity center masal got united with NCP Maoist on January 13 2009. After that Prakash got major responsibilities in the unified Nepal communist party maoist. He was given charge of the Parliament and government before he was made the deputy leader of the unified maoist in the parliament.^[3]

On 2 August, 2011 Shrestha was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in the final cabinet expansion of the Jhalanath Khanal (CPN-UML) led government. After Prime Minister Khanal's resignation on 14 August, 2011, he remained in those positions in an acting capacity. On 4 September he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the new Unified [Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)] coalition government led by Prime Minister Dr. [Baburam Bhattarai]. On 7 September, 2011, he was appointed official government spokesman. From 19-26 September, 2011, he participated in the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Biography

Prakash fell away from Prachanda after the CPN-Unity Centre decided to wage armed revolt in 1996. Addressing his first public function, Prakash said the road to republic was still full of obstacles and all forces, which believe in democratic republic, should unite. The 47-year-old leader was born in Jaubari village of Gorkha and holds a master’s degree in public administration. He joined Nepal’s communist movement in 1980.

He was imprisoned in the central jail as a student leader at 16, then at Gorkha district jail in 1980 and in 1986 in Lalitpur district jail as a political leader.

He is well-known for having played a special role for bringing the seven parties and CPN-Maoist into making the historic 12-point Understanding possible to carry out joint mass movement against monarchy and for true democracy in mid-April 2006.

The movement culminated into a success with the king agreeing to hand over power to the seven parties.

He was a second rung leader in the CPN-Unity Centre before its major leaders formed CPN-Maoist and opted for an armed rebellion in 1996. He, however, did not join the rebellion on the grounds of working policy but helped it from outside while continuing with his peaceful political activities despite being underground as general secretary of the Unity Centre.

He had edited the then weekly paper (now famous monthly magazine) "Mulankyan", "Garjan" and "Janamat". He was also the campus school teacher in 1980s in Siddhartha Vanasthali Institute as a mathematics lecturer.

He is the 5th son among his 6th membered brothers and he is still unmarried. Presently he is the deputy leader of parliamentary party of unified maoist and central secretariat member of the party. He is also the lawmaker of the country. He is one of the leader of the country who always raised his finger against the opportunistic and the feudal forces. In this constitution making process he has been saying that Nepal’s new constitution will be against the prevailing feudal system and the imperialists.

References

1. ^ eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
2. ^ Political parties in Nepal recommend 26 names for Constituent Assembly
3. ^ [www.gorkhapatra.org.np/detail.php?article_id=14910&cat_id=4 - 56k ]

External links

• Unity Center gen secy Prakash ends underground politics

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