Lal Babu Pandit, is a Nepalese politician from

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and was the Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration under

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. He was elected to the

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from Morang - 6 in the 2017 election by defeating

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candidate

Shekhar Koirala Shekhar Koirala ( ne, डा. शेखर कोईराला) is a central working committee member of Nepali Congress and member of 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal. Political life He represented Morang district constituency number 6, which ...

. He was elected to the First and Second Constituent Assembly under

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system.

Minister of General Administration

He was the Minister of General Administration under

Sushil Koirala Sushil Prasad Koirala (; 12 August 1931 – 9 February 2016) was a Nepalese politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier serve ...

led government during which he gained publicity for his campaign against officials holding Permanent Resident status of other countries.

Action against Permanent Residency holders

In 2014 he garnered attention for creating a list of 1,100 senior government officials who hold

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in foreign countries and announced to take action against the people on the list. He claimed that he received a number of death threats for his controversial action to disallow

holding government officials from the service.

Action against dilly-dallying government employees

He has warned of taking action against the employees who dillydally while providing services to the service seekers during the government's new administrative system of twelve-hour-long service which includes two shifts in a day.

Electoral history

1991 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang 1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang 1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang-2 2017 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Morang-6

Bibliography

* Singhadurbar Badalne Sangharsha (2017)

References

Living people Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Government ministers of Nepal People from Biratnagar Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal MPs 1991–1994 Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Nepalese memoirists Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly 1958 births {{Province1NP-politician-stub