Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel
# Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel

Krishna Bhakta Pokhrel (born 4 July 1967) is a Nepali communist politician and was a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2018 as a part of his second term having previously been elected to the second constituent assembly in 2013.

He is a lawyer by profession and had been practising law at Chitwan District Court for more than 20 years, as of 2013.

## Personal life

He was born on 4 July 1967 in Parbatipur-4, Chitwan. He has three daughters.

## Political career

He joined politics as a student and served as secretary of ANNFSU, the student wing of CPN UML in 1992. He also became the vice-chairman of Chitwan district working committee for the party. As of 2013, had been a CPN UML Chitwan district committee member for 20 years.

In the second constituent assembly election held in 2013, he was the candidate for CPN UML in Chitwan-3 constituency and defeated Narayan Dahal of CPN (Maoist Centre).

For his current term, he was elected under the first-past-the-post system from Chitwan-2 constituency as a candidate from CPN UML of the left alliance. Following his election to parliament, he was appointed chair of the rule-drafting committee of the House. He is also the Chairperson of the Law, Justice and Human Rights Committee of the House.

