Niru Devi Pal

Niru Devi Pal
निरु देवी पल
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (UML) party list
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Personal details
Born (1971-08-25) 25 August 1971 (age 52)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)

Niru Devi Pal (also Neeru) is a Nepali communist politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2][3] She was elected under the proportional representation system from CPN UML filling the reserved seat for women,[4] for Kanchanpur district.[3] Representing the newly formed Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in the parliament, she also chairs the parliamentary Women and Social Committee.[5][6]

She was allegedly threatened by a group of people when out grocery-shopping in Mid-Baneshwar on July 31, 2018. A large number of police personnel had been mobilised and as many as 75 had been arrested for further investigation by August 2,[7] 16 of whom had been held, post preliminary screening.[8] There was no further progress reported on the case, and by mid-November, there were reports that the whole incident was a hoax.[9]

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. ^ "Ten parliamentary panel chiefs sworn in". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  3. ^ a b "Niru Devi Pal :: Member of Parliament, 2074". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  4. ^ "UML submits nomination for parliament members under PR system to EC". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  5. ^ "Chairpersons of HoR thematic panels sworn in". The Himalayan Times. 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  6. ^ "Press Release on the visit of Rt. Hon. President to New York - Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nepal MOFA". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  7. ^ "75 suspects detained to investigate into attack on lawmaker Nirudevi Pal". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  8. ^ "Nepal Police panel probing death threat to lawmaker Niru Devi Pal – OnlineKhabar". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  9. ^ "Threat to lawmaker Niru Pal: Police claim the reported incident was fake – OnlineKhabar". Retrieved 2019-09-22.