Dipak Prakash Baskota
Deepak Prakash Baskota is a Nepalese politician. He is a former State Home Minister and executive chairman of the National Cooperative Federation of Nepal.[1] Baskota has upheld the cooperative principle as part of the socialist agenda of Nepali Congress founder B. P. Koirala.
Baskota is the president of the Himalayan Orthodox Tea Producers Association[2] and chairperson of the Tea Development Alliance.[3] He is also an advisor to the National Cooperative Bank Ltd.[4]
Baskota has contested the elections to the Pratinidhi Sabhanatiotnal parliament in the Panchthar-1 constituency thrice. He won the seat in 1994, and came second in 1991 and 1999. One of the main reasons behind his defeat in 1999 election was his support to the Koirala Camp, a faction within Nepali Congress who bear the responsibility of bringing down its own government with clear majority twice.
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- ↑ Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
- ↑ and chairman of Kanchanjangha Tea Estate, Ltd.Nepal Tea
- ↑ nepalmountainnews.org
- ↑ ::.NCBL: Nepal .::
www.ncfnepal.com.np
