Chitra Bahadur K.C. ( ne, चित्रबहादुर के.सी.) is a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

ese politician and Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Poverty Alleviation Of Nepal. He is current chairman of the Rastriya Janamorcha (राष्ट्रिय जनमाेर्चा). Chitra Bahadur K.C. belonged to the

Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) The Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (चौथो महाधिवेशन), ''Nepala Kamyunishta Parti (Chautho Mahadhiveshan)'') was a communist party in Nep ...

. In the 1983 he sided with

Mohan Bikram Singh Mohan Bikram Singh (born 15 April 1935), often referred to as MBS, party name Gharti, is a Nepalese communist politician. His father was a wealthy landlord in Pyuthan District who was close to King Tribhuvan. MBS however joined the opposition ...

, and joined the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal).Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''.

Kathmandu , pushpin_map = Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal#Asia , coordinates = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Bagmati Prov ...

: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 87. Chitra Bahadur K.C. contested the

Baglung Baglung is a municipality in western Nepal, west of Kathmandu. It is the administrative headquarters of Baglung District and Dhaulagiri Zone. Baglung serves as the major center for business, finance, education, service and healthcare for the pe ...

-2 constituency in the 1994 election. He finished second, with 15089 votes. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election, as a candidate of

Rashtriya Jana Morcha Rastriya Janamorcha ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनमोर्चा, lit=National People's Front) is a List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Part ...

(the electoral front of the

Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (2006) Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (मसाल)), initially known as Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal) (नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार� ...

) in the constituency of Baglung-2 with 24124 votes. When

Janamorcha Nepal Janamorcha Nepal ( ne, जनमोर्चा नेपाल, , People's Front Nepal) was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal). It was formed following the merger b ...

was formed in 2002 through the merger of RJM and

Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal The United People's Front of Nepal ( ne, संयुक्त जनमोर्चा नेपाल, Sanyukta Janamorcha Nepal), abbreviated SJM, was the front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre), or CPN (UC). History Formation ...

, Chitra Bahadur K.C. became a member of JMN. When JMN split in 2006, he sided with

Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal) The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana ...

(the parent party of JMN) general secretary

in rejecting participation the

Seven Party Alliance The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan. The alliance was made up of the following parties: * Nepali Congress * Nepali Congr ...

government. Effectively JMN was split. A conference of the JMN led by Chitra Bahadur K.C. was held in

Butwal Butwal ( ne, बुटवल), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City ( ne, बुटवल उपमहानगरपालिका), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. Butwal has a city population ...

25–26 May 2006, in which he was elected chairman of this JMN faction. The Chitra Bahadur K.C.-led JMN was renamed as the

in 2007. Chitra Bahadur K.C. won the

-2 seat in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the sole RJM candidate to win a seat in the

First Past the Post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

system. He got 12594 votes.The Himlayan Times: Breaking News, Views, Reviews, Sports, Business, Entertainment from Nepal
/ref> Chitra Bahadur K.C. has been a staunch opponent of Federalism, especially Federalism on the basis of ethnic identity.

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Living people Rastriya Janamorcha politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (historical) politicians Deputy Prime Ministers of Nepal Government ministers of Nepal Nepal MPs 1999–2002 1934 births Khas people Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly Nepal MPs 2022–present {{Gandaki-politician-stub