Deepak Prakash Baskota is a Nepalese politician. He is a former State Home Minister and in the Executive Chairman of the National Cooperative Federation of Nepal.[1] Baskota has upheld the cooperative principle as part of the socialist agenda of Nepali Congress founder B.P. Koirala.
Baskota is the president of the Himalayan Orthodox Tea Producers Association[2] and chairperson of the Tea Development Alliance.[3] He is also an advisor to the National Cooperative Bank Ltd.[4]
Baskota has contested the elections to the national parliament in the Panchthar-1 constituency thrice. He won the seat in 1994, and came second in 1991 and 1999.
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