CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Rekha Kumari Sharma
Lumbini Province Assembly Member — Format
Career Summary
Profile
CPN-UML lawmaker in the Lumbini Province Assembly. Arrested the night of March 30, 2026, from her residence in Dhumbharahi, Kathmandu. Charged under Nepal's child protection laws for employing a minor girl as a domestic worker for six years — subjecting her to physical abuse and withholding family contact. The minor had been rescued by Kathmandu Metropolitan City (then under Mayor Balen Shah) but prosecution was shelved when Oli's government was in power. With the new RSP government, the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office reopened the case and made the arrest. The government attorney's earlier decision not to file charges had drawn sharp public criticism.
⚡ Wicket History
Minor was rescued by Kathmandu Metropolitan City; case was previously buried when UML's Oli was PM. PM Balen Shah (then Mayor) had publicly flagged this case on Facebook in February 2025. Arrest seen as accountability for a case that was deliberately shelved under political cover.
📢 Commentary
OUT!! CAUGHT AT SQUARE LEG! Rekha Kumari Sharma — CPN-UML Provincial MP — is OUT. Arrested March 30, 2026, from her Dhumbharahi residence. Charged with keeping a minor girl as a domestic worker for SIX YEARS and physically abusing her. The case was rescued from the dustbin — literally shelved by the old government. A new regime, a new umpire. The third umpire didn't even need to review this one.
BACKSTORY! When Mayor Balen Shah publicly called out this case in February 2025, the government attorney under Oli declined to prosecute. Now that same Balen Shah is Prime Minister — and the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office has her in custody. Politics giveth and politics taketh. But today, justice batted.
