Khum Bahadur

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( ne, खुम बहादुर खड्का) (1951-2018) was a Nepali politician who was an elected member in Nepali Congress Central Working Committee. He was a

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and one of the most influential leaders of

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Party. After some corruption allegations, he was not in active politics since about 2006-2007 and even withdrew his candidacy for the Constituent Assembly election from the Dang-1 constituency, after

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had accused him of responsibility in the killing of seven of their cadres. He was convicted on 13 August 2012 with several counts of corruption, slapping him one-and-half year jail sentence along with a penalty of 9.47 million

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s. His corruption escapades were mostly during the period when he held a number of high-ranking posts, including home minister and local development minister in the 1990s.

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1951 births Government ministers of Nepal Nepali Congress politicians from Lumbini Province 2018 deaths Nepal MPs 1991–1994 Nepal MPs 1999–2002 People of the Nepalese Civil War {{Lumbini-politician-stub