Barsaman Pun, also known by his nom de guerre Ananta, is a Nepali communist politician and former Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. He is also a member of the Standing Committee in

Nepal Communist Party (NCP) The Nepal Communist Party, abbreviated NCP ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी, ) is a defunct communist party of Nepal. It was founded on 17 May 2018, from the unification of two leftist parties, Communist ...

. He has previously served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Peace and Reconstruction. He was a leader of the

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre), CPN-Maoist Centre, CPN Maoist Centre, or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communist P ...

during the insurgency period and served as one of 4 deputy commanders of

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Insurgency

He commanded the attack on Holeri police station on February 13, 1996, which marked the beginning of the civil war. He was appointed as Eastern divisional commander following the 2002 central committee meeting. Some of the battles he commanded in this capacity include the attack at

Bhiman Bhiman (Nepali भिमान ) is a town in Kamalamai Municipality Ward no. 11 in Sindhuli District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7,609 people living in 1,389 indiv ...

Sindhuli Sindhuli District ( ne, :ne:सिन्धुली जिल्ला, सिन्धुली जिल्ला), a part of the Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district ...

in September 2002 which led to the death of 49 policemen and the attack on

Bandipur Bandipur () is a hilltop settlement and a Rural municipality (Nepal), rural municipality in Tanahu District, Tanahun District, Gandaki Province, Gandaki province of Nepal. Bandipur is primarily known for its preserved, old time cultural atmosphe ...

barracks in May 2005. He was appointed as a deputy commander of

at the Chunbang conference in 2005.

Political career

Following the Second People's movement and Comprehensive Peace Accord, Pun transitioned into politics. He was elected to the first Constituent assembly from Lalitpur-1. He contested the second Constituent assembly from Morang in line with the party policy of top Maoist leaders to contest the election from the Terai belt. However, he came in third place behind then Congress District Chairman Dik Bahadur Limbu and CPN-UML candidate Ghanashyam Khatiwada. He contested the 2017 House of Representatives election from his home district, Rolpa, and was elected to Parliament.

MCC Compact

MCC began developing the compact at the request of Nepal in 2012 when Baburam Bhattarai was prime minister and Barsaman Pun was finance minister of Nepal. The compact was taken to parliament for ratification on 15 July 2019 when

KP Sharma Oli Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli ( ne, खड्गप्रसाद शर्मा ओली, ; born 22 February 1952) is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served three terms as prime minister from 11 October 2015 to 3 Augu ...

was prime minister and Barsaman Pun was energy minister of Nepal.

Electoral history

2008 Constituent Assembly election Lalitpur - 1 2013 Constituent Assembly election Morang - 9 2017 House of Representatives Election Rolpa

Personal life

He is married to

Onsari Gharti Magar Onsari Gharti Magar (Nepali: ओनसरी घर्तिमगर) is a Nepali communist politician and current parliamentarian. She was the first female Speaker of the Parliament of Nepal. She was elected unopposed as Speaker on October 16, ...

, a fellow communist politician and former speaker of the Legislature-Parliament.

References

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