Jagya Bahadur Shahi is a Nepal

Nepal

Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

ese politician from Dailekh

Dailekh

Dailekh is a town and seat of Dailekh District in the Bheri Zone of western-central Nepal....

, belonging to the Nepal Workers Peasants Party

Nepal Workers Peasants Party

Nepal Workers Peasants Party is a communist political party in Nepal. The party president is Narayan Man Bijukchhe alias 'Comrade Rohit'. NWPP has a strong base in the Bhaktapur area, but limited presence otherwise...

. Shahi is the chairman of the NWPP youth wing, the Nepal Revolutionary Youth Union.

Shahi was arrested, along with other NWPP activists in Dailekh, in connection with pro-democracy protests on March 31, 2005.

Shahi was appointed as a Member of Parliament, when the interim legislature

Interim legislature of Nepal

On January 15, 2007 the Pratinidhi Sabha, the legislature of Nepal, was dissolved and a new Interim legislature was formed. The old parliament was elected in 1999...

 was formed in January 2007. Shahi swore his other as a parliamentarian on January 24, 2007.

After the 2008 Constituent Assembly election

Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008

A general election for the Constituent Assembly was held in Nepal on 10 April 2008 after having been postponed from earlier dates of 7 June 2007 and 22 November 2007. The Nepalese Constituent Assembly will draft a new constitution; it will therefore decide, amongst other things, on the issue of...

, Shahi was nominated to the Assembly by the outgoing cabinet.