Bidya Bhattarai[2] (also Bidhya Bhattarai) is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. She won the by-election of Kaski-2, a constituency that was made empty by the premature death of her husband, cabinet minister Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, in a helicopter crash in February 2019. She defeated her nearest rival, Khemraj Paudel of Nepali Congress, by a margin of more than 8,000 votes.[3][4] She was re-elected in 2022 from the same constituency.

Bidhya Bhattarai
विद्या भट्टराई
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
17 December 2019
Preceded byRabindra Prasad Adhikari
ConstituencyKaski 2
Personal details
Born (1972-10-30) October 30, 1972 (age 51)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)
SpouseRabindra Prasad Adhikari

References edit

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ Sulavxettri100 (2022-08-12), English: Bidya Bhattarai, retrieved 2022-08-12{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Late minister Adhikari's wife wins landslide victory". The Himalayan Times. 2019-12-02. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  4. ^ RSS. "NCP's Bhattarai emerged victorious in Kaski constituency-2". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-12-12.