Prem Ale
# Prem Ale

Prem Bahadur Ale Magar (born 28 April 1970) is a Nepali politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist). He is also the former Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation.

Before being Tourism Minister, Magar has previously served as the Minister for Forests and Environment of Nepal.

## Political life

He started his career as a local cadre first being elected as a ward member in Doti. After losing by in the 2013 Constituent Assembly, he was elected, in the 2017 general election, as a member of the House of Representatives from Doti 1 constituency.

In 2022, Ale gained widespread popularity after exposing the corruption behind land appropriation in the Narayanhiti Palace by Yogesh Bhattarai. He further accused Bhattarai of taking part in illegal gun smuggling after the end of the Civil War in 2008. He was praised by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba for his bold actions and he has vowed stern action against those accused in the fraud.

## Electoral history

### 2017 legislative elections

Doti 1 :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - | - |
| | CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Prem Ale | 32,510 |
| | Nepali Congress | Bir Bahadur Balayar | 30,878 |
| | Others | Others | 1,698 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 3,910 |
| Result | Result | CPN (UML) gain | CPN (UML) gain |
| Source: Election Commission ||||

## Controversies

Amidst his catchy moves as a minister Ale recently got mired into controversy as a phone call recording between him and a Nepali national from Accham district leaked. He is heard abusing the person currently in Mumbai for his comments on social media. Ale's secretariat dismissed the recording as fabricated and manipulated to put down on Ale's image by an active conspiracy group.

