Lekh Raj Bhatta
{{short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Lekhraj Bhatta
| native_name = लेखराज भट्ट
| image = LEKHRAJ bHATT.jpg
|office = Secretary of CPN (UML)
|termstart =30 November 2021
|termend =
| office2 = Minister for Labour and Transport
| termstart2 = 2008
| termend2 = 2009
| primeminister2 = Pushpa Kamal Dahal
| president2 = Ram Baran Yadav
| office1 = Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
| termstart1 = 20 November 2019
| termend1 = 20 May 2021
| primeminister1 = KP Oli
| president1 = Bidhya Devi Bhandari
| predecessor1 = Matrika Yadav
| successor1 = Dilendra Prasad Badu
| office5 = Member of Constituent Assembly of Nepal
| term_start5 = 2008
| term_end5 = 2013
| constituency5 = Kailali-5
| term_start6 = 2013
| term_end6 = 2017
| predecessor6 =
| constituency6 = Kailali-5
| office4 = Member of House of Representatives
| term_start4 = 2017
| term_end4 = 2021
| constituency4 = Kailali-4
| party = CPN (UML) {{small|(2021-present)}}
|otherparty = CPN (Maoist Centre) {{small|(1994-2021)}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|03|24}}
| birth_place = Doti District, Nepal
| nationality = Nepalese
}}
Lekh Raj Bhatta ({{langx|ne|लेखराज भट्ट}}) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the CPN (UML). Bhatta is a former member of Constituent Assembly{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2021-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}} and the secretary of CPN (UML).{{Cite web|title=एमाले पदाधिकारी निर्वाचनमा कसको कति मत ?|url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2021/11/30/163827099627267317.html|access-date=2021-11-30|website=ekantipur.com|language=ne}}
Political life
He also served as Minister for Labour and Transport in the First Dahal cabinet and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies in the Second Oli 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 was the former Member of House of Representatives elected from Kailali-5.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/left-alliance-wins-kailali-3-4/|title=Lekharaj and Gaurishankar win from Kailali-4 and 3|website=The Himalayan Times }}
Personal life
He was born on March 24, 1960 to Durga Devi and Dasharath Bhatt.
Political career
Bhatta joined politics in 1973[http://www.election.gov.np Election Commission of Nepal] 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 a 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.
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. He is the standing committee member of Nepal Communist Party
See also
References
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Category:Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
Category:People from Doti District
Category:Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians
Category:Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
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