Bikram Pandey
Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
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Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
Preceded by | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
Constituency | Chitwan 3 |
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly | |
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017 | |
Preceded by | Amik Sherchan |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Constituency | Chitwan 5 |
Personal details | |
Born | Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal | 24 April 1953
Bikram Pandey is a
Pandey is the current Vice president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party elected from the 2021 general convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[5]
Political life
Pandey has served several terms as minister in different ministries.[6][7] Pandey was one among the three RPP leaders to win FPTP election to Constituent Assembly after 2013.[4]
In 2017 Nepalese General Election, Pandey was candidate from Chitwan 3 against former prime minister and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal.[8] He had challenged Dahal to win the constituency on his own while this was keenly watched throughout the country.[9][10] Pandey, a candidate of RPP was supported by Nepali Congress.[11] Though Pandey was unsuccessful, he lost with a very less margin than expected.[12][13]
Pandey is the newly elected Vice president of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[14]
Controversies
Pandey is the chairman of Kalika Group which operates construction and power companies, among others.[15] In 2018, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed Rs 2 billion corruption case against Pandey over the faulty construction of the Sikta Irrigation Canal.[16] Pandey was later acquitted of all charges by the Special Court.[17]
Pandey's appointment as Minister for Urban Development in 2023 has also been criticized as a conflict of interest since he owns a construction company that bids for government tenders and is now in charge of a ministry that hands out those same tenders.[18]
Electoral history
2017 legislative elections
Chitwan 3 (constituency) | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | |
CPN (Maoist Centre)
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Pushpa Kamal Dahal | 48,276 | |
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)
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Bikram Pandey | 38,935 | |
CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Dambar Shrestha | 1,587 | |
Others | 1,495 | ||
Invalid votes | 3,520 | ||
Result | Maoist Centre gain | ||
Source: Election Commission |
References
- ^ "Newly appointed ministers sworn in". The Himalayan Times. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ "PM assigns portfolios to RPP ministers". 11 August 2016.
- ^ Republica. "RPP splits; Pashupati Shamsher Rana forms RPP-Prajatantrik". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ a b "चितवनको चुनावः वाम र लोकतान्त्रिक गठवन्धनवीच यस्तो छ हिसाब". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "राप्रपाको पदाधिकारीमा को–को भए विजयी ? (सूचीसहित)". राप्रपाको पदाधिकारीमा को–को भए विजयी ? (सूचीसहित). Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ Monica (2017-09-11). "Newly appointed ministers sworn in". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ Keshav (2016-08-11). "PM assigns portfolios to RPP ministers". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "विक्रम पाण्डे भन्छन्, 'प्रचण्ड मेरा प्रतिस्पर्धी होइनन्'". विक्रम पाण्डे भन्छन्, 'प्रचण्ड मेरा प्रतिस्पर्धी होइनन्'. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "विक्रम पाण्डे भन्छन्- कांग्रेसको सबै भोट मैले पाउँछु". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "प्रचण्डलाई चितवनमा विक्रम पाण्डेको चुनौती". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ रातोपाटी. "यस्तो छ प्रचण्ड र विक्रम पाण्डेका मतदाताको मुड". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ रातोपाटी. "विक्रम पाण्डेले कांग्रेसका तीन शीर्ष नेतासँग आशीर्वाद लिएर मतदान गरे". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "चितवन ३ मा प्रचण्ड भन्दा विक्रम पाण्डे २१४ मतले अगाडि (अपडेट)". चितवन ३ मा प्रचण्ड भन्दा विक्रम पाण्डे २१४ मतले अगाडि (अपडेट). Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "Rajendra Lingden elected as president of Nepal's pro-Hindu Rastriya Prajatantra Party - The New Indian Express". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "Our Team - Kalika Power Company". kalikapower.com.np. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ^ Sikta, Setopati :: Rs 2b corruption case against ex-minister Bikram Pandey over. "Rs 2b corruption case against ex-minister Bikram Pandey over Sikta". Rs 2b corruption case against ex-minister Bikram Pandey over Sikta. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
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- ^ "नयाँ राजनीति, पुरानै बेथिति: सहरी विकासमा ठेकेदार र श्रममा म्यानपावर एजेन्ट". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-01-18.