Ram Kumari Jhakri
Honourable Ram Kumari Jhakri | |
|---|---|
| राम कुमारी झाँक्री | |
 Ram Kumari Jhakri in 2013 | |
| Minister of Urban Development | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2021 | |
| President | Bidya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist) | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (Unified Socialist) |
| Occupation | politician |
Ram Kumari Jhakri (Nepali: रामकुमारी झाँक्री) is a Nepalese politician and secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist). She is also the current Minister of Urban Development.
She currently serves as a member of House of Representatives. She supports reservation for women in the civil service.[1]
Controversial statements[]
On 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.[2] She had also been critical of finance minister Yubaraj Khatiwada in the past.[3]
Political life[]
Early political career[]
She was 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.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "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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