Rajendra Mahato

Rajendra Mahato
President of the Sadbhavana Party
Assumed office
2007
President Rajendra Mahato
Personal details
Born (1958-11-19) 19 November 1958
Babarganj, Sarlahi District, Nepal[1]
Nationality Nepalese
Political party Nepal Sadbhavana Party
Alma mater Master in Law[1]

Rajendra Mahato (born 19 November 1958) is a Nepali politician and the President of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) party. He is one of the highest-ranked member of the Terai-Madhesh based parties alliance.[2]

Early life and career

Mahato was born in Sarlahi of Nepal, on 19 November 1958.,[1] as the first children of Khobhari Mahato. He holds degree of Master in law. He earlier held Indian citizenship, and became a Nepalese citizen by naturalization around 35 years ago.[3]

Political career

He started his political career from 1990.[1] In the 1994 parliamentary election, he stood as the Nepal Sadbhavana Party candidate in the constituency Sarlahi-2. He came second with 10173 votes. In the 1999 parliamentary election he won the seat with 14750 votes, defeating former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[4] In 2007, Mahato broke away from NSP(A) and formed his own party, which later acquired the name Sadbhavana Party[5] Mahato resigned from the interim parliament on January 19, 2008.[5]

In April 2008, he won the Sarlahi-4 seat in the Constituent Assembly election.[6]

Mahato lost his seat in the 2013 constituent assembly elections to Mahendra Rai Yadav of the Terai Madesh Sadhbhawana Party Nepal.[7] The party nominated his wife Sahil Devi Mahato to the Constituent Assembly from the five seats assigned to the party under proportional representation.[8]

Mahato has also become a leader for the Madhesi people, and stated concerns about Nepal's proposed constitution, calling it a ploy to subjugate the Madhesi.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Rajendra Mahato- CA Profile". Ujyalo Online. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Morcha nixes talks offer, insists on all four conditions". Kantipur. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Rajendra Mahato is a naturalized Nepalese citizen from Indian origin".
  4. ↑ Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 Rajendra Mahato resigns parliament « Nepal Travel and Tourism news,Nepal news, news of Nepal,Nepal Mountain,Political,Expedition,Business,Sports and Evt news
  6. ↑ eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Constituency Wise Top 3 Candidate". Election Commission of Nepal. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Sadbhawana Party picks PR lawmakers". eKantipur. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Pokharel, Krishna. "Nepal Officials Agree on Plan to Divide Country into Six States". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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