Bikram Pandey
Bikram Pandey | |
|---|---|
| विक्रम पाण्डे | |
 Bikram Pandey | |
| 14th Minister of Urban Development | |
| In office 17 January 2023 – 25 February 2023 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Metmani Chaudhary |
| Succeeded by | Sita Gurung |
| Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation | |
| In office 11 September 2017[1] – 15 February 2018 | |
| Prime Minister | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Preceded by | Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister of Nepal |
| Succeeded by | Shakti Bahadur Basnet |
| Minister of Land Reform and Management | |
| In office 11 August 2016[2] – 8 May 2017 | |
| President | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Prime Minister | KP Sharma Oli |
| Preceded by | Ram Kumar Subba |
| Succeeded by | Gopal Dahit |
| Vice-president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party | |
| Assumed office 5 December 2021 | |
| President | Rajendra Lingden |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| 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 | 24 April 1953 Chitwan District, Nepal |
| Nationality | Nepali |
| Political party | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| Other political affiliations | RPP (D) |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal |
Bikram Pandey is a Nepalese politician belonging to Rastriya Prajatantra Party and constituent assembly member. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 2013 CA election on behalf of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party from Chitwan 5.[3][4]
Pandey is the current Vice president of Rastriya Prajatantra Party elected from the 2021 general convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[5]
Political life[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
2017 legislative elections[edit]
| Chitwan 3 (constituency) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Pushpa Kamal Dahal | 48,276 | |
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) | 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[edit]
- ^ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Court acquits all 21 accused of graft in Sikta project". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ^ "नयाँ राजनीति, पुरानै बेथिति: सहरी विकासमा ठेकेदार र श्रममा म्यानपावर एजेन्ट". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-01-18.