Deepak Bohara
{{Short description|Nepalese politician (1951–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Deepak Bohara
| native_name = दिपक बोहरा
| office = Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
| constituency = Rupandehi 3
| termstart = 22 December 2022
| termend = 1 April 2025
| predecessor = Ghanashyam Bhusal
| successor =
| office1 = Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
| termstart1 = 21 January 2014
| termend1 = 14 October 2017
| predecessor1 = Om Prakash Yadav Gulzari
| successor1 = Bishnu Prasad Paudel
| constituency1 = Rupandehi 2
| office2 = Member of Rastriya Panchayat
| termstart2 = 1986
| termend2 = 1990
| alongside2 = Niranjan Thapa
| constituency2 = Rupandehi
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|03|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rupandehi, Nepal
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|04|01|1951|03|31|df=y}}
| death_place = Kathmandu, Nepal
| parents =
| party = RPP
| otherparty = RPP (D)
| education =
| spouse =
}}
Deepak Bohara ({{langx|ne|दिपक बोहरा}}; 31 March 1951 – 1 April 2025) was a Nepalese politician and member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.{{Cite web |title=RPP's Deepak Bohara defeats Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand in Rupandehi-3 |url=https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-5/2022/11/26/rpp-s-deepak-bohara-defeats-home-minister-bal-krishna-khand-in-rupandehi-3 |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Kathmandu Post|language=English}} He was elected in 2022 from Rupandehi 3 to the House of Representatives.{{Cite web |title=RPP's Bohara wins HoR seat from Rupandehi-3 |url=https://nepalnews.com/s/politics/rpp-s-bohara-wins-hor-seat-from-rupandehi-3 |access-date=30 November 2022 |website=Nepal News}}
Political career
Bohora was active in Nepalese politics for four decades as a member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. In 1979, he was elected as a member of the National Panchayat from Rupandehi. He was also victorious in the 1985 National Panchayat elections. In 2013, he was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly from Rupandehi Constituency No. 2.
= 2013 election =
In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Bohora was defeated in Rupandehi-1 by Ghan Shyam Yadav Ahir of the Maoist Center. However, in the 2013 Constituent Assembly election, he won from Constituency No. 2, defeating Ram Krishna Tamrakar of the Nepali Congress.{{Cite web |last=चुनौती |first=जीवराज चालिसे :: गृहमन्त्री खाँणलाई अघिल्लो निर्वाचनका सहयात्रीको |title=गृहमन्त्री खाँणलाई अघिल्लो निर्वाचनका सहयात्रीको चुनौती |url=https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/132731 |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=गृहमन्त्री खाँणलाई अघिल्लो निर्वाचनका सहयात्रीको चुनौती}}
= 2017 election =
In the 2017 House of Representatives election, Bohora was defeated by Ghanashyam Bhusal of the CPN-UML. Bhusal had the support of the Maoist Center, while Bohora was backed by the Nepali Congress. In this election, Bohora secured 27,422 votes, challenging the strong left alliance candidate Bhusal, who won with 32,000 votes.{{Cite web |title=पैसावाल दीपक बोहोरा, सिद्धान्तवाल घनश्याम भुसाल ! |url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2017/11/637619 |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=Online Khabar |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=दाेधारमा |first=भागवत भट्टराई :: राप्रपामा दीपक बाेहाेरा असुरक्षित, एमालेमा जाने वा नयाँ पार्टी खाेल्ने |title=राप्रपामा दीपक बाेहाेरा असुरक्षित, एमालेमा जाने वा नयाँ पार्टी खाेल्ने दाेधारमा |url=https://shilapatra.com/detail/72512 |access-date=1 April 2025 |website=राप्रपामा दीपक बाेहाेरा असुरक्षित, एमालेमा जाने वा नयाँ पार्टी खाेल्ने दाेधारमा |language=ne}}
Death
Bohara died in Kathmandu on 1 April 2025, a day after his 74th birthday.{{cite news |title=RPP lawmaker Deepak Bohara dies at 74 |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2025/04/01/rpp-lawmaker-deepak-bohara-dies-at-74 |publisher=The Kathmandu Post |date=1 April 2025 |access-date=30 April 2025}}
See also
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Category:Rastriya Prajatantra Party politicians
Category:Nepal MPs 2022–present
Category:Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Category:Members of the Rastriya Panchayat
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