Amrita Agrahari

Amrita Devi Agrahari (Nepali: अमृता देवी अग्रहरी) is a Nepalese politician representing People's Socialist Party, Nepal and current member of the House of Representatives. She was elected from the Indigenous peoples group in the party list from the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal.[2]

Amrita Devi Agrahari
अमृता देवी अग्रहरी
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Rastriya Janata Party list
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Personal details
Born (1961-05-18) 18 May 1961[1]
Kapilvastu District, Kingdom of Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyPSP-N
(2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		NSP (before 2009)
MJFN (until 2009)
MJFN (D) (2009–12)
RMSP (2013–17)
RJPN (2017–2020)
SpouseKundan Prasad Agrahari
Children2
Parents
  • Awadh Ram Kurmi (father)
  • Basmati Kurmi (mother)
Residence(s)Kapilvastu–1, Kapilvastu District, Lumbini Province

Political career

Agrahari was the general secretary of Nepal Sadbhawana Party.[3] She was a member of the Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) until its split in 2012. She joined the Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party led by Sharat Singh Bhandari after the split.[4]

She was a member of the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee of the House of Representatives.[5]

References
  1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. "राजपाले टुङ्गो लगायो समानुपातिक सासंद". Setopati. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. Damaru Lal Bhandari (7 March 2004). "Woman empowerment still takes back seat in Nepal". The Kathmandu Post. Ekantipur. Archived from the original on 2014-09-11.
  4. "Nepal's largest Madhesi party splits". Rediff. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  5. "उद्योग तथा वाणिज्य र श्रम तथा उपभोक्ता हित समिति". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-22.


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