Prakash Pant was a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India.
[2][3] He was also a minister in Government of Uttarakhand with portfolios of Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, parliamentary Affairs & Reorganization.
Pant's political career started in the year 1977 when he was chosen as General Secretary of Military Science Board.
With the Khanduri government coming to power, he became a cabinet minister and was given the parliamentary affairs portfolio.
Up until his death, Pant was a Cabinet Minister in the state of Uttarakhand and held portfolios of Tourism, Culture, Pilgrimage Endowment, Parliamentary Affairs, and Reorganization.