Janardan Sharma

Janardan Sharma (Template:Langx) is a Nepalese politician and former Finance Minister of Nepal. A three-time parliamentarian, Sharma is the single leader to have been elected from same constituency for four consecutive terms within CPN (Maoist Centre).

Sharma has previously been Minister of Home Affairs, Energy and Peace and Reconstruction of Nepal. He is known for his tenure as Energy minister when he removed brunt of loadshedding up to 18 hours under his leadership.

Electoral history

Election	House	Constituency	Party		Votes	Opponent	Party		Votes	Result
2008	Constituent Assembly	Rukum-2	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |	Template:Party shortname linked	30,270	Prem Prakash Oli	bgcolor="Template:Party color" width="4px" |	Nepali Congress	9,250	checkY Elected
2013	Constituent Assembly		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		22,575	Gopal Jee Jung Shah	bgcolor="Template:Party color" width="4px" |		12,599	checkY Elected
2017	House of Representatives	Western Rukum 1	bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		34,402	Gopal Jee Jung Shah	bgcolor="Template:Party color" width="4px" |		15,659	checkY Elected
2022	House of Representatives		bgcolor="Template:Party color" |		39,549	Nandaram Devkota	bgcolor="Template:Party color" width="4px" |	CPN (UML)	12,961	checkY Elected

2022 Budget Controversy

Sharma was accused of changing tax rates inviting unauthorized persons a day before budget for the next fiscal year was announced. Annapurna Post first broke the news. He later resigned. Parliamentary Probe Special Committee was formed to investigate the controversy. The committee concluded that they could not confirm the allegations about Sharma inviting outsiders to change the tax rates. He was later re-appointed as Finance Minister.

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