Hari Nath Bastola
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Hari Nath Bastola | |
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हरिनाथ बास्तोला | |
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| Member of Parliament (MP) in the Pratinidhi Sabha from Sunsari-4 district | |
| In office November 1994 – May 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Girija Prasad Koirala |
| Preceded by | Khalil Miya |
| Succeeded by | Hari Prasad Sapkota |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1942 Dhankuta District, Nepal |
| Party | Nepali Congress |
| Spouse | Uma Bastola |
| Children | 5 |
| Awards | Ganesh Man Singh Democracy Fighter Honor (2022) |
Hari Nath Bastola (Nepali: हरिनाथ बास्तोला) is a Nepali politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1994 election from the Sunsari-4 constituency with 16922 votes.[1][2][3] This was the second election to take place after King Birenda agreed to introduce democracy in 1990 and to become a constitutional monarch after increasing protests by the 1990 People's Movement which Bastola's wife Uma Bastola and son Taj Nath (Mukesh) Bastola participated in.
In recognition of his "contribution to the establishment, restoration, and protection of democracy," the Ganesh Man Singh Foundation conferred the Ganesh Man Singh Democracy Fighter Honor on Bastola and 10 other Nepali leaders in June 2022.[4]
Bastola was a pro-democracy activist who was a political prisoner several times prior to his election to the Pratinidhi Sabha. He advocated for a constitutional monarchy and a multi-party democracy in Nepal. For over 25 years, Bastola served as President of Sunsari District's Nepali Congress party, an office to which B. P. Koirala appointed him. He is one of the longest-serving District Presidents of the Nepali Congress party. His home served as a field office for the party's Eastern Region. This was at a time when the Nepali Congress was banned by the monarchy and operating underground.