Jitendra Prasad Sonal (also known as ''Jitendra Prasad Sonar'') is a
Nepalese politician. He is parliamentary party leader for the
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal
The Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal ( ne, लोकतान्त्रिक समाजवादी पार्टी, lit=Democratic Socialist Party), is the sixth largest political party in Nepal. The party was officially registered at E ...
in the
Provincial Assembly of Province No. 2.
Political life
Sonal, a resident of
Bara, was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Bara 4(B) with 13118 votes. He was the Physical Infrastructure Minister for
Province No. 2
Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province N ...
, Nepal till 6 June 2021. He including 3 other state ministers were expelled from
Lalbabu Raut ministry on 6 June 2021 after a group of
PSP-N joined government led by KP Sharma Oli and Sonal supported the same.
Controversy
After Sonal was removed from his ministerial post, CIAA started investigation in 28 cases filed against the works done during his tenure. Previously, he had been diluted over abusing many government vehicles while as minister.
Electoral history
2017 Nepalese provincial elections
Provincial assembly elections were held in Nepal on 26 November and 7 December 2017 along with the general election. 330 seats in the seven newly created provincial assemblies were elected by first-past-the-post voting and 220 by proportional ...
References
External links
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Living people
People from Bara District
1969 births
Provincial cabinet ministers of Nepal
Members of the Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province
Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party politicians
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal politicians
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal politicians
People's Socialist Party, Nepal politicians
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal politicians