Prem Ale

Prem Bahadur Ale Magar (born 28 April 1970) is a Nepali politician belonging to CPN (Unified Socialist). He is serving as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation since October 2021 in the current Nepali Congress led government.

Honourable
Prem Bahadur Ale Magar
प्रेम बहादुर आले मगर
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Assumed office
8 October 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Minister of Forests and Environment
In office
25th December of 2020 – 4th June of 2021
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Member of House of Representatives
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byBir Bahadur Balayar
ConstituencyDoti 1 (constituency)
Majority1,632
Personal details
Born (1970-04-28) April 28, 1970
Political partyCPN (Unified Socialist)

Magar has previously served as the Minister for Forests and Environment of Nepal.[1][2]

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.[3]

In 2022, Ale gained widespread popularity after exposing the corruption behind land appropriation in the Narayanhiti Palace by Yogesh Bhattarai.[4] 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 Candidate Votes
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Prem Ale 32,510
Nepali Congress Bir Bahadur Balayar 30,878
Others 1,698
Invalid votes 3,910
Result 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.[5] He is heard abusing the person currently in Mumbai for his comments on social media.[6] Ale's secretariat dismissed the recording as fabricated and manipulated to put down on Ale's image by an active conspiracy group.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Oli inducts 8, reassigns 6 Ministers on board after dissolving parliament".
  2. Ministry of Forests and Environment
  3. Election Commission of Nepal
  4. "Report on restaurant operation inside Narayanhiti Museum made public". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  5. "अश्लील गालीगलौजको संवाद सार्वजनिक भएपछि पर्यटनमन्त्री आले विवादमा". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  6. "मन्त्री आलेको अश्लील गाली सामाजिक सन्जालमा भाइरल". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  7. "संस्कृति, पर्यटन तथा नागरिक उड्डयन मन्त्रालय". www.tourism.gov.np. Retrieved 2022-02-16.


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