Dipak Prakash Baskota Explained

Dipak Prakash Baskota
Party:Nepali Congress
Nationality:Nepali

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] [2] 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[3] and chairperson of the Tea Development Alliance.[4] He is also an advisor to the National Cooperative Bank Ltd.[5]

Baskota has contested the elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha national parliament in the Panchthar-1 constituency thrice. He won the seat in 1994,[6] and came second in 1991 and 1999. He is also founder of cooperative movement in Nepal.

External links

References

  1. News: Co-ops urged to modernise. 1 April 2015. Kathmandu Post. 15 February 2018.
  2. http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2002/apr/apr03/index.htm Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
  3. and chairman of Kanchanjangha Tea Estate, Ltd.Nepal Tea
  4. http://www.nepalmountainnews.org/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1154750425&archive=&start_from=&ucat=7& nepalmountainnews.org
  5. http://www.coopbank.com.np/aboutUs.php

    .NCBL: Nepal .::

  6. News: Left alliance emerges dominant force in hilly districts of Province 1. Gautam. Laxmi. 10 December 2017. The Himalayan Times. 15 February 2018.

www.ncfnepal.com.np