Bidya Bhattarai[2] (also Bidhya Bhattarai) is a Nepali politician and the current Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Nepal.[3][4][5] Since 2019, she has been a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. She won the by-election of Kaski-2, a constituency that was made empty by the death of her husband, cabinet minister Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, in a helicopter crash in February 2019. She defeated her nearest rival, Khemraj Paudel of Nepali Congress, by a margin of more than 8,000 votes.[6][7] She was re-elected in 2022 from the same constituency.
Bidya Bhattarai | |
|---|---|
| विद्या भट्टराई | |
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| Minister of Education, Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office 15 July 2024 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | KP Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Sumana Shrestha |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 17 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari |
| Constituency | Kaski 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 30, 1972[1] Chabahil, Kathmandu |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | CPN (UML) |
| Spouse | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari |
| Children | Biraj Adhikari & Sworaj Adhikari |
| Parent | Hemraj Bhattarai & Bhagawati Bhattarai |
References
edit- ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
- ^ Sulavxettri100 (2022-08-12), English: Bidya Bhattarai, retrieved 2022-08-12
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Prime Minister Oli forms 22-member Cabinet". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
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- ^ Republica. "Here is the list of Oli-led Cabinet". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ "Late minister Adhikari's wife wins landslide victory". The Himalayan Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ RSS. "NCP's Bhattarai emerged victorious in Kaski constituency-2". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
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