Julie Kumari Mahato
जुली कुमारी महतो
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
In office
25 December 2020 – 4 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN(UML)

Julie Kumari Mahato (Nepali: जुली कुमारी महतो) (also Juli Kumari Mahato[1]) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal and Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens .[1] She was elected from CPN UML[2] under the proportional representation system.[3]

In the 2013 elections for the second constituent assembly, she was a candidate for CPN UML from Dhanusa-3 constituency. still she cound not win the election and lost to Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi.[4]

long time member of CPN UML, she was appointed a "Co-Incharge" of Dhanusa district for Nepal Communist Party (NCP), the new party formed by the merger of CPN UML and CPN (Maoist Centre), in 2019. Though Nepal communist Party could not live long and got dissolved on 8 March 2021.[5][6][7]

Dispute with mushlim community[edit]

Mahasheth had dispute with mushlim community in the eve of local elections. He sent a team of people led by CPN (UML) municipal committee chairman Surendra Bhandari to abuse Muslim Commission chairman Samim Miya Ansari.[8] Ansari gave statement against Mahasheth couple and asked government and KP Sharma Oli to take strict action against them else he would not remain silent.[9]

Electoral history[edit]

2013 Constituent Assembly election[edit]

Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bimalendra Nidhi 15,031
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Juli Kumari Mahato 13,539
UCPN (Maoist) Haridev Mandal 2,523
Others 5,065
Result Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Juli Kumari Mahato". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ "Draft meeting draws blank as lawmaker ban issue simmers". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. ^ Republica. "UML sends 37 women, 4 men to parliament under PR system". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  4. ^ "Julie Kumari Mahato". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  5. ^ "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  6. ^ Sureis (2018-05-24). "Ministers' spouses richer than their better halves - The Himalayan Times - Nepal's No.1 English Daily Newspaper | Nepal News, Latest Politics, Business, World, Sports, Entertainment, Travel, Life Style News". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  7. ^ Republica. "Govt unveils ministers' property details; Mahaseth tops rich list". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  8. ^ रातोपाटी. "होटल हिमालयमा १० हजार तिर्न नसकेर सलिम मियाँ अन्सारीले गरे आफ्नै कार्यालयमा पत्रकार सम्मेलन". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  9. ^ "महासेठलाई कारबाही गर्न सरकार र ओलीसँग मुस्लिम आयोग अध्यक्षको माग". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  10. ^ "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.