Dipak Prakash Baskota
Nepalese politician
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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][3] Baskota has upheld the cooperative principle as part of the socialist agenda of Nepali Congress.[4][5]
Deepak Prakash Baskota | |
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| दिपक प्रकाश बास्कोटा | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Children | Samikchya Baskota |
Baskota is the president of the Himalayan Orthodox Tea Producers Association [6] and chairperson of the Tea Development Alliance.[7] He is also an advisor to the National Cooperative Bank Ltd.[8]
Baskota has contested the elections to the Pratinidhi Sabha national parliament in the Panchthar-1 constituency thrice. He won the seat in 1994,[9] and came second in 1991 and 1999. He is also founder of cooperative movement in Nepal. He is a founder of Kanchanjangha Tea Estate (KTE).
