Janardan Sharma

Honourable Janardan Sharma जनार्दन शर्मा प्रभाकर
Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 31 July 2022
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 7 June 2017 – 17 October 2017
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Minister for Energy
In office 14 August 2016 – 31 May 2017
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded by	Top Bahadur Rayamajhi
Succeeded by	Mahendra Bahadur Shahi
Minister for Peace and Reconstruction
In office 31 August 2008 – May 2009
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Member of Parliament, Pranitidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Western Rukum 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Tirtha Gautam
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Rukum 2
Personal details
Born	Rukum, Nepal
Political party	CPN (Maoist Centre) (1995-2018, 2021 - present)
Other political affiliations	Nepal Communist Party (2018-2021)

Janardan Sharma (Template:Lang-ne; born 25 April 1963), is a Nepalese politician and Finance Minister of Nepal. He is a three time parliamentarian. He is also a member of the Standing Committee in Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He has previously served as Minister of Home Affairs, Energy, and Peace and Reconstruction and is currently the Finance Minister of Nepal. He was a leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre) during the insurgency period and served as one of 4 deputy commanders of People's Liberation Army. |

Electoral history

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Rukum-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	Janardan Sharma	30,270	elected
Nepali Congress	Prem Prakash Oli	9,250	Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Rukum-2

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)	Janardan Sharma	22,575	Elected
Nepali Congress	Gopal Jee Jung Shah	12,599	Lost

2017 House of Representatives Election

Rukum West

Party	Candidate	Votes	Status
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)	Janardan Sharma	34,402	Elected
Nepali Congress	Gopal Jee Jung Shah	15,659	Lost

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 commitee conculed that they could not confirm the allegations about Sharma inviting outsiders to change the tax rates. . He was later re-appointed as Finance Minister.