Lekh Raj Bhatta

Lekh Raj Bhatta (Nepali: लेखराज भट्ट) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). He is the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies of Government of Nepal in Second Oli cabinet . He also served as Minister for Labour and Transport in First Dahal cabinet .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 is Member of House of Representatives elected from kailali-5.[1] He was born in March 24, 1960. His father name was Dasharath Bhatt and Mother Name is Durga Devi Bhatta.

The Right Honourable

Lekhraj Bhatta
लेखराज भट्ट
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Assumed office
20 November 2019
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Preceded byMatrika Yadav
Minister for Labour and Transport
In office
2008–2009
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Member of House of Representatives
Assumed office
2017
ConstituencyKailali-4
Member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal
In office
2008–2013
ConstituencyKailali-5
In office
2013–2017
ConstituencyKailali-5
Personal details
Born (1960-03-24) March 24, 1960
Doti District
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepal Communist Party

Political career

Bhatta joined politics in 1973 [2] 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

Personal life

Close to party Chairman and former Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' , Bhatta comes from a well-off family. He was born in March 24, 1960 .

See also

References
  1. "Lekharaj and Gaurishankar win from Kailali-4 and 3". The Himalayan Times.
  2. Election Commission of Nepal


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