Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj
Nepali politician
Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj (alt. forename: Maheshwor; alt. middle name:Jang, Janga; nickname:Athak) (born August 28, 1971) is a Nepali communist politician and a former member of the Pratinidhi Sabha of the federal parliament of Nepal. He also previously served as the Minister for Youth and Sports between 8 October 2021 to 26 December 2022. He was the commander of the first attack carried out by the Maoists, that began the Nepalese civil war.
Political career
Gahatraj was a member of CPN (Masal) until 1987. He joined the Maoist party, and during the civil war, was the party "In-Charge" for Rukum, Banke, Bardiya, Surkhet, Humla, Kalikot, Jumla and Mugu districts. At the commencement of the maoist insurgency in Nepal in 1996, he was the commander of the first attack against Nepali government, carried out on the police post in Radijyula, Aathbiskot of Rukum. As of 2013, he was the central committee member of the Maoist party, having been in the role since 2003. After the maoists joined the peace process, he focused his political activities from Banke District, and was the candidate for the party from Banke-1 constituency in 2013 constituent assembly elections.
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