Bijay Kumar Gachhadar

Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar (Nepali: बिजयकुमार गच्छदार) is a Nepalese politician and veteran leader of the Nepali Congress.[2] He have been deputy prime minister of Nepal four times under the government of KP Oli , Madhav Kumar Nepal , Baburam Bhattarai and Pushpa Kamal Dahal . In April 2008, he won the Constituent Assembly election, 2013 with 23769 votes.[3] Gachhadar was previously in the Madhesi people forum and Nepali Congress (Democratic), and was Minister of Water Resources.[4] Gachhadar was formally expelled from Nepali Congress in March 2008, by that time he had already joined PRF.[5] He was subsequently appointed as Minister and sworn in on August 22, 2008.[6]

Bijay Kumar Gachchadar
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
Minister for Physical Planning and Works[1]
In office
25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Physical Planning and Transport
In office
12 October 2015 – 4 August 2016
President
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development
In office
8 May 2017 – 31 May 2017
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs
In office
4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterBaburam Bhattarai
Personal details
BornSunsari, Nepal
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepali Congress (October 17, 2017 –present)
Other political
affiliations		Nepali Congress (before 2008)
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (2008-2009)
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) (2009-2017)
Nepal Democratic Forum
Spouse(s)Nirmala Gachchhadar
OccupationPolitician
EthnicityTharu

He contributed to establish Madhav Kumar Nepal's administration, and on June 4, 2009 he was appointed as the deputy prime minister of the cabinet.[7]

Again as per the poll in the cabinet, he was again appointed as the deputy prime minister and Ministry of Home Affair of the government led by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai.[8] On 16 Oct 2017 his party Nepal Democratic Forum merged with Nepali Congress. Gachhadar returns to his old party after 11 years.

The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Home and Defence Minister of Nepal, Mr. Bijay Gachhadar, in New Delhi on January 18, 2012

References
  1. "Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list". People.cn. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. "3 parties merge to form Nepal Democratic Forum". THT Online. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  3. "Ca Election report". Election.gov.np. Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  4. "Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily)". Nepalnews.com.np. 24 December 2001. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. "Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens". nepalnews.com.
  6. "Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join". nepalnews.com. 22 August 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011.
  8. "Cabinet fails to take shape". ekantipur.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.


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