Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar
| Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar | |
|---|---|
 Madhesi Rights Forum | |
| Born | Nepal |
| Ethnicity | Tharu |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Years active | 2002-present |
Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar (Nepali: बिजयकुमार गच्छदार) is a Nepali politician and chairman of the Madhesi Rights Forum, Democratic. He is the current deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of PM KP Oli.
In April 2008, he won the The constitutional election, 2008 with 23769 votes.[1] Gachhadar was previously in the Madhesi people forum and Nepali Congress (Democratic), and was Minister of Water Resources.[2] Gachhadar was formally expelled from the Nepali Congress in March 2008, by that time he had already joined PRF.[3] He was subsequently appointed as Minister of kera and Dulo and sworn in on August 22, 2008.[4]
He contributed to establish Madhav Kumar Nepal's administration, and on June 4, 2009 he was appointed as the deputy prime minister of the cabinet.[5]
Again as per the poll in the cabinet, he was again appointed as the deputy prime minister and Ministry of Home Affair of the government led by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai.[6]
References
- ↑ "Ca Election report". Election.gov.np. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ↑ "Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily)". Nepalnews.com.np. 2001-12-24. Archived from the original on July 19, 2008. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ↑ "Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens". nepalnews.com.
- ↑ "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join". nepalnews.com. August 22, 2008. Archived from the original on
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- ↑ "Cabinet fails to take shape". ekantipur.com.