Rabindra Mishra ( ne, रवीन्द्र मिश्र) is a Nepali philanthropist, ex-journalist, writer, poet, and politician. Currently, Mishra is the Senior Vice-Chairman of

Rastriya Prajatantra Party The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist politic ...

, after having resigned as a general member of

Bibeksheel Sajha Party The Bibeksheel Sajha Party ( Nepali: विवेकशील साझा पार्टी) is a political party in Nepal. It was the sixth largest party of Nepal by popular vote after 2017 Nepalese general election. Presently, its the fifth la ...

in September 2022. He earlier resigned as the national president of

in May 2022. He formerly worked as the

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of BBC Nepali Service, and left the BBC in February 2017 to enter Nepalese politics. Mishra is also the founder of the global charity,

Help Nepal Network Rabindra Mishra ( ne, रवीन्द्र मिश्र) is a Nepali philanthropist, ex-journalist, writer, poet, and politician. Currently, Mishra is the Senior Vice-Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, after having resigned as a gene ...

, which has chapters in 14 countries and is run entirely by volunteers.

Education

Mishra received his Master's Degree in Major English from

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is t ...

. He then went to University of the Punjab, Pakistan, earning a Master's Degree in Journalism. He joined

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and majored in International Politics.

Career

Mishra worked with

Nepal Television Nepal Television ( ne, नेपाल टेलिभिजन), shortened to NTV is the Nepalese national public state-controlled television broadcaster. It is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal. The news broadcast at 8:0 ...

and Pakistan's leading English-language daily, ''

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''. He joined the

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in 1995 as a producer with BBC Nepali Service. Later he worked on English-language flagship programmes, including '' World Today'' and ''

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''. He was appointed as the chief editor of BBC Nepali Service in 2006.

Political career

On 28 February 2017, Mishra resigned from

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to enter politics. He stated that the reason behind his move was to "create a common platform to bring together honest and capable Nepalis from all walks of life for the sake of clean politics to transform Nepal." The next day, on March 1, Mishra approached the

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with an application to secure the name

Sajha Party The Sajha Party ( ne, साझा पार्टी) is a political party founded by former editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service Rabindra Mishra. History Sajha Party was founded in 2017 by the former editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service, ...

( ne, साझा पार्टी, lit=Common Party) and a weighing scale as the symbol of his yet-to-be formed political party. Mishra ran against Nepali Congress leader

Prakash Man Singh Prakash Man Singh ( ne, प्रकाश मान सिंह) is a Nepalese politician and a leader of the Nepali Congress. He is the son of political stalwart Ganesh Man Singh. He has also served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister o ...

in the 2017 legislative elections from

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, but was defeated by a margin of 818 votes. Rabindra Mishra joined the

in September 2022 before the

2022 Nepalese general election General elections are expected to be held in Nepal in November 2022 unless the House of Representatives is dissolved earlier. The discussion is underway due to interest of leading Nepali Congress while the opposition, CPN (UML), is already deman ...

. Mishra raced for the second time against Nepali Congress leader

in the 2022 election from

, but got defeated by a narrow margin of 125 votes.

Electoral history

2022 legislative elections

2017 legislative elections

Books

*, Fineprint (2010) *, Nepalaya Publication (2012) *, (2015)

Filmography

* Highway as Doctor

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Rabindra Nepalese male writers Nepali-language writers Nepalese journalists Living people 1967 births People from Kathmandu Tribhuvan University alumni University of the Punjab alumni Alumni of the University of London Nepalese political party founders