slapping the CDO of Parsa district, helping a foreign national obtain Nepali citizenship illegally
Karima Begam, also Karima Begum, is a Nepali politician and a former state minister for Agriculture.[1] She is currently a member of parliament in Province No. 2 state parliament.
Biography
On 20 November 2009, while still minister, she reportedly slapped the then Chief District Officer of Parsa in the Officer's office for failing to procure her a vehicle during her visit to the district. She was fined two thousand rupees for the crime in February 2018 by the district court of Parsa.[1] In the 2013 elections, she ran for parliament from Parsa-1 constituency representing Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum - Nepal but was defeated.[2] In 2015, she was fined twenty thousand rupees by the Parsa District court for aiding an Indian national to unlawfully/fraudulently acquire a Nepalese citizenship certificate in 2007.[3] In the 2017 election, she was elected to state parliament of Province No. 2 representing Samajbadi Party, Nepal through proportional representation system of election.[4][5]
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