Keshav Sthapit is a former mayor of Kathmandu metropolitan city.

[3] He also held the position of minister in Bagmati Pradesh[4][5] and is a former member of the province's Assembly.

[6] After the royal takeover in 2005, he was appointed the Mayor of Kathmandu by the Monarch.

After the return of democracy, he was appointed a Commissioner of Kathmandu Valley Development Authority after joining Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) but was removed from the post after only nine months.

[7] He was a candidate for Member of Parliament from Kathmandu 6 in 2017, but came in fifth place under the ticket of Federal Socialist Party.