Mr. Laxman Basnet is currently the General Secretary of South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC).Mr. Basnet formally started his political career as an activist for Nepali Congress in 1967. He joined trade union movement after the re-establishment of NTUC in 1990 as its President and served till 2013. He has become a member of ICFTU-AP and ITUC since 1992. He was also a member of the ILO Governing Body from 1997 to 2009. Currently, he is also the General Convention delegate of Nepali Congress Party.