Rabindra Prasad Adhikari | |
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रबिन्द्र प्रसाद अधिकारी | |
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| Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |
| In office 16 March 2018 – 27 February 2019 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Khadga Prasad Oli |
| Preceded by | Jitendra Narayan Dev |
| Succeeded by | Yogesh Bhattarai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 4, 1969[1] Bharat Pokhari, Nepal |
| Died | February 27, 2019 (aged 49) Taplejung, Nepal |
| Citizenship | Nepali |
| Political party | Nepal Communist Party |
| Spouse | Bidya Bhattarai |
| Relations | Married |
| Children | Biraj Adhikari, Sworaj Adhikari |
| Parent(s) | Indra Prasad Adhikari Laxmi Devi Adhikari |
| Residence | Pokhara |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University |
| Website | www |
Rabindra Prasad Adhikari (Nepali: रबिन्द्र प्रसाद अधिकारी) (4 May 1969[1] – 27 February 2019) was a Nepali politician and three-time parliamentarian, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He was Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation from 16 March 2018 until his death in a helicopter crash in February 2019.[2] He was the Kaski District secretary of the party.[3] In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Adhikari was elected from the Kaski-3 constituency, with 13,386 votes.[4] In the 2013 Constituent Assembly election, he was re-elected from the Kaski-3 constituency, with 15,456 votes.[5] In 2017, CPN-UML candidate Rabindra Adhikari won parliamentary elections from Kaski Constituency No. 2. Representing the left alliance, Adhikari secured 27,207 votes to defeat Nepali Congress candidate Dev Raj Chalise, who got 18,661 votes.[6] After his demise, his wife Bidya Bhattarai won Kaski Constituency-2 with a wide margin of 8,403 votes in the by-election. Bhattarai secured 24,394 votes, while her nearest contender Khem Raj Poudel from the main opposition Nepali Congress got 15,991. Socialist Party's Dharma Raj Gurung got 1,922 votes.[7] He authored the books Constituent Assembly, Democracy and Re-structuring.
- ^ a b "Biography of Rabindra Adhikari". rabindraadhikari.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "PM inducts 15 members to cabinet". My Republica. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
- ^ "CMF... A window to Nepal". Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ^ "Constituent Assembly 2008 Election report". 2008-04-21. Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Welcome to Election Commission of Nepal". www.election.gov.np. Retrieved 2018-09-08.
- ^ "UML's Rabindra Adhikari elected to parliament from Kaski". 9 December 2017.
- ^ "NCP's Bhattarai emerged victorious in Kaski constituency-2".