Dipak Prakash Baskota

Dipak Prakash Baskota
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress

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.

References

  1. ^ "Co-ops urged to modernise". Kathmandu Post. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily) Archived 2004-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ and chairman of Kanchanjangha Tea Estate, Ltd.Nepal Tea Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ nepalmountainnews.org
  5. ^ ::.NCBL: Nepal .::
  6. ^ Gautam, Laxmi (10 December 2017). "Left alliance emerges dominant force in hilly districts of Province 1". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

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