Gagan Thapa is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He is, at present, one of the most popular and influential youth political leaders in Nepal widely followed in various social networking sites.The role and mandate of a policy maker is to bring important issues into the national policy discourse, and fight to ensure the drafting and implementation of the most effective policies that best serves the interests of Nepalis. Every problem that Nepal is facing today – air pollution, water shortage, food crisis, unemployment, health care services, education quality, women’s rights – needs to be addressed at the policy level. Gagan Thapa is widely regarded as one of the most effective and pro-active policy makers from the last elected Constituent Assembly and Parliament, and from the outset, has consistently worked to develop cross-party resolutions in the Parliament. His fingerprints can be seen on many important policy debates and resolutions of the last four years — especially issues that were traditionally ignored or missing from the policy discourse altogether, from designating schools a safe area to calling out illegal mining on Chure Hills.
