Chitra Bahadur K.C. | |
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चित्रबहादुर के.सी. | |
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| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Surya Prasad Pathak |
| Constituency | Baglung 1 |
| Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
| Constituency | party list |
| Member of 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly | |
| In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Sharma Poudel |
| Constituency | Baglung 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1941[citation needed] Nepal |
| Political party | Rastriya Janamorcha |
Chitra Bahadur K.C. (Nepali: चित्रबहादुर के.सी.) is a Nepalese politician and former deputy prime minister and minister of poverty alleviation of Nepal. He is current chairman of the Rastriya Janamorcha (राष्ट्रिय जनमाेर्चा).[1][2]
Chitra Bahadur K.C. belonged to the Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention). In the 1983 he sided with Mohan Bikram Singh, and joined the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal).[3] Chitra Bahadur K.C. contested the Baglung-2 constituency in the 1994 election. He finished second, with 15089 votes.[4] He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election, as a candidate of Rashtriya Jana Morcha (the electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (2006)) in the constituency of Baglung-2 with 24124 votes.[4]
When Janamorcha Nepal was formed in 2002 through the merger of RJM and Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal, Chitra Bahadur K.C. became a member of JMN. When JMN split in 2006, he sided with Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal) (the parent party of JMN) general secretary Mohan Bikram Singh in rejecting participation the Seven Party Alliance government. Effectively JMN was split.[5] A conference of the JMN led by Chitra Bahadur K.C. was held in Butwal 25–26 May 2006, in which he was elected chairman of this JMN faction.[6] The Chitra Bahadur K.C.-led JMN was renamed as the Rashtriya Jana Morcha in 2007.
Chitra Bahadur K.C. won the Baglung-2 seat in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the sole RJM candidate to win a seat in the First Past the Post system. He got 12594 votes.[7]
Chitra Bahadur K.C. has been a staunch opponent of Federalism, especially Federalism on the basis of ethnic identity.