[2] He has also a writer, and has published at least 16 novels and ten short stories collections.
[3] Born in January 1954, Nepal spent time in prison as a democracy activist during the Panchayat regime.
[3] Nepal lost the 2008 constituent assembly election to Nepali Congress' candidate Prakash Man Singh.
At the time, he was the Minister of Education and Sports in the interim cabinet of Girija Prasad Koirala that conducted the election.
[2] As of November 2009, Nepal was a polit-buro member of CPN UML.