Ram Kumari Jhakri (Nepali: रामकुमारी झाँक्री) is a Nepalese politician and secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist). She is also the former Minister of Urban Development. She is a major source of inspiration of Nepalese women.
Ram Kumari Jhakri | |
|---|---|
| राम कुमारी झाँक्री | |
| 12th Minister of Urban Development | |
| In office 8 October 2021 – 26 June 2022 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Prabhu Sah |
| Succeeded by | Metmani Chaudhary |
| Secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for CPN (UML) party list | |
| In office 4 March 2018 – 25 December 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 May 1978[1] GULMI District |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Other political affiliations | CPN (UML) |
| Occupation | politician |
| Nickname | Ram KUMARI |
She currently serves as a member of House of Representatives. She supports reservation for women in the civil service. On August 21, she has announced that she will be candidate from Gulmi . Announcing with a poster on social media, she said that she will break the legacy of UML and show it. Jhankri said she would be the candidate from Gulmi 2 from the 5 party alliance.[2]
Controversial statements
editOn 4 May 2019, she gave an interview to the talk show Janata Janna Chahanchhan (translation:People Want to Know) on Prime Times Television, in which she criticised her own party leader and prime minister KP Sharma Oli on the government's program for the fiscal year 2019-20. She said the prime minister's programs were an insult to republicanism.[3] She had also been critical of finance minister Yubaraj Khatiwada in the past.[4]
Political life
editEarly political career
editShe is the first woman to be elected president of a major party affiliate student union. As the president of ANNFSU, she was one of the central figures protesting during the 2006 democracy movement in Nepal.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ "Lawmakers demand quota for women within reservation clusters". The Himalayan Times. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ ओलीले गणतन्त्रको अपमान गरेको झाँक्रीको आरोप (भिडियोसहित) [Jhakri alleges Oli has insulted republicanism (with video)] (in Nepali). Reporters Nepal. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Fin Min Khatiwada's remarks irresponsible: Jhakri". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ "Nepal's aspirations suffocate in a political limbo". South China Morning Post. 13 December 2009. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
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