Narahari Acharya

Narahari Acharya, (Nepali:नरहरि आचार्य) a central member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Peace and Reconstruction on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government.^[1][2]

He is a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Kathmandu–5 seat in Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2013 from the Nepali Congress.^[3][4][5]

Personal life

Narahari Acharya was born on 27 September 1953 in Bisharnagar, Kathmandu, Nepal to Umanath Acharya and Rewati Acharya. He holds a Master's Degree in Humanities and has taught for 16 years at the Tribhuvan University. He is married and has two daughters.^[5]

Political career

Acharya involved in politics joining Nepali Congress in1968 though he only took the party membership in 1997. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1992 and was appointed as Minister for Law, Justice, Constituent Assembly and Parliamentary Affairs.

He won the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008 from Kathmandu-5 comstituency with 13,245 votes defeating Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) general secretary Ishwor Pokhrel who had received 9,120 votes. He was also jailed for 1 year in course of his political activities.^[5]

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