Honourable Bishwa Prakash Sharma MP | |
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विश्वप्रकाश शर्मा | |
General Secretary of Nepali Congress | |
Assumed office 2021 Serving with Gagan Thapa | |
President | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Preceded by | Shashanka Koirala |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | Surendra Kumar Karki |
Constituency | Jhapa 1 |
President of Nepal Student Union | |
In office 2000–2002 | |
Preceded by | Govinda Bhattarai |
Succeeded by | Kishor Singh Rathore |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Jhapa, Province No. 1, Nepal | 21 December 1970
Political party | Nepali Congress |
Spouse | Kabita Sharma |
Children | 1 Son, 1 Daughter |
Parent(s) | Parshuram Sharma (father) Sabitri Sharma (mother) |
Education | Masters in Political Science[2] |
Alma mater | Tribhuwan University |
Website | Official website |
Bishwa Prakash Sharma (Nepali: विश्वप्रकाश शर्मा) is a Nepali politician.[3] He is one of the two general secretaries of the Nepali Congress.[4][5] Sharma is currently serving as member of House of Representatives from Jhapa 1.[6]
Sharma was elected general secretary along with Gagan Thapa in the 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.[7][8] This was termed as rise of new generation in the oldest party of Nepal, the Nepali Congress.[9][10]
Sharma has previously served as spokesperson of the party.[11] He has also served as the national president of the Nepal Student Union (NSU).[12]
In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.[13]
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Bishwa Prakash Sharma | Nepali Congress | 39,624 | 51.41 | |
Agni Prasad Kharel | CPN (UML) | 25,349 | 32.89 | |
Omnath Bhandari | Rastriya Swatantra Party | 8,564 | 11.11 | |
Santosh Tamang | Mongol National Organisation | 1,577 | 2.05 | |
Others | 1,957 | 2.54 | ||
Total | 77,071 | 100.00 | ||
Majority | 14,275 | |||
Nepali Congress gain | ||||
Source: [14] |