Chakka Bahadur Lama

Chakka Bahadur Lama (born Tsewang Lama[1]) is a Nepalese politician serving as a member of parliament in the 1st Federal Parliament for Humla 1[2][3] He had previously served as a member of parliament in the 2nd House of Representatives.

Chakka Bahadur Lama
छक्क बहादुर लामा
Member of Parliament for Humla 1
Assumed office
4 March 2018
In office
May 1991 – August 1994
Personal details
Born
Tsewang Lama

1957–1958
Bargaun, Humla District
NationalityNepali
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal

Personal life

Chakka Bahadur Lama was born in Bargaun in Humla District. His father was a Lama and also the village physician. He has five brothers and three sisters. His daughter was part of the CPN (Maoist) during the Nepalese Civil War and was killed in Mugu District during the war.[4] Lama is multilingual and knows five languages.[5]

Political career

In 1981 he became a central committee member of the All Nepal National Free Students Union (Sixth), the student union of CPN (Masal). He became the District in-charge for Humla District for CPN (Masal) in 1985.[5] In the 1991 general elections, he was elected to the House of Representatives from Humla 1 for the electoral front of CPN (Unity Centre), Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal of which he was a central committee member. He won the elections by 8 votes.[5] After the end of his term in 1994, he did not contest the mid-term elections and managed the Humla Conservation and Development Committee, a non-governmental organisation.[1] In 2005 he was appointed as a state minister for Local Development in the cabinet appointed by King Gyanendra.[6][7]

He rejoined the CPN (Maoist) at the start of the peace process in 2006 as a central committee member. He contested in the 2nd Constituent Assembly elections in 2013 for the Unified CPN (Maoist) but lost the elections. He stood in the 2017 general elections as an independent from Humla 1 and won the elections by 47 votes.[3][6] He was a politburo member of the CPN (Maoist Centre) at the time and the party suspended him for contesting against the candidate of the left alliance.[4][5] He served as a member of the State Management and Good Governance Committee of the 5th House of Representatives.[8]

He was awarded the Provincial Talent Award for Karnali Province for contributions to literature in the culture genre on the occasion of 206th Bhanu Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Bhanu Bhakta Dhakal, a poet of Nepali language.[9]

Publications
  • 2002 Kailash Mandala: A Pilgrim's Trekking Guide[6]

References
  1. "Formet MP missing after 'arrest'- Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  2. "Left alliance wins five seats in Province 6, leading vote count". The Himalayan Times. 8 December 2017.
  3. "Chhakka Bahadur pulls off surprise win in Humla". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com.
  4. "माओवादीमै फर्किएर गणतन्त्रमा पनि मन्त्री बन्न चाहन्छु : छक्कबहादुर लामा". जनबोली न्यूज नेटवर्क प्रा. लि. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  5. "सबैलाई छक्क पार्दै ४७ मतले विजयी भए छक्कबहादुर". सबैलाई छक्क पार्दै ४७ मतले विजयी भए छक्कबहादुर. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  6. Mulmi, Amish Raj (2018-11-04). ""It's difficult to govern a place if you don't understand its ecology"". The Record. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  7. "New cabinet appointments- Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. "राज्य व्यवस्था तथा सुशासन समिति". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  9. "42 litterateurs awarded, Rastrakavi feted on Bhanu Jayanti". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
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