Lekh Raj Bhatta ( ne, लेखराज भट्ट) is a
Nepal
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सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
ese politician, belonging to the
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. Bhatta is the former member of Constituent Assembly. Bhatta is the secretary of
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.
Political life
He also served as Minister for Labour and Transport in
First Dahal cabinet
Following the Nepalese Constituent Assembly Election on 10 April 2008, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) formed a government out of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and backed by the Communist Party of ...
and
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies in
Second Oli cabinet
The Second Oli cabinet was the Government of Nepal from 15 February 2018 to 13 July 2021. It was initially formed as a majority coalition on 15 February 2018, after Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal followin ...
.In the
2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the
Kailali-5 constituency, winning 17979 votes. Again he served as
Member of constituent Assembly in 2013 from
Kailali-5. He was the former
Member of House of Representatives elected from
kailali-5.
Personal life
He was born on March 24, 1960. His father name was Dasharath Bhatt and Mother Name is Durga Devi Bhatta.
Political career
Bhatta joined politics in 1973
Election Commission of Nepal
/ref> and took the membership of Nepal Communist Party (Fourth Convention) led by Mohan Bikram Singh in 1976. He later joined CPN (Masaal) and CPN (Unity Center) to finally become a full-time member of CPN-Maoist in 1995. He went on to become central member in 2001 and politburo member. He was jailed for six months during the armed conflict launched by CPN-Maoist.
In the CA Election 2008, Bhatta was elected from Kailali-5 with 17,979 votes. His closest opponent Dirgha Raj Bhatta (NC) received 13,638 votes while Hari Shankar Yogi (CPN-UML) got 7,597 votes to come in third position.
Bhatta was appointed as Labor Minister in the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. He looked after the Ministry for Commerce and Supplies in the government led by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai.
Now He is the standing committee member of Nepal Communist Party
The Nepal Communist Party, abbreviated NCP ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी, ) is a defunct communist party of Nepal. It was founded on 17 May 2018, from the unification of two leftist parties, Communist ...
See also
* 2021 split in Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
At the end of 2020, a major split in the Nepal Communist Party revived the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), (CPN (UML)) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (CPN (Maoist Centre)).
A further split occurred withi ...
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Living people
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People from Doti District
1960 births
Nepal MPs 2017–2022
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Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly