Kamala Roka

Kamala Roka is a Nepali communist politician, former sports minister and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[1]

Nagendra Kumar Ray
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepal Communist Party (NCP)

Biography

She joined the maoist insurgency dropping out of school while a tenth grader.[2] After the maoists joined the peace process, she went back and completed high school.[2]

She became the Minister for Youth and Sports in the Bhattarai cabinet.[2][3]

In the 2017 legislative election, she was elected from East Rukum-1 constituency under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, representing CPN (Maoist Centre) of the left alliance.[2][4] She defeated her nearest rival Hari Shankar Gharti of Nepali Congress, acquiring 10,434 to Gharti's 4,406.[2][4] She was one of only six women to be elected to parliament under the FPTP system in that election.[5]

She was the secretariat member of Maoist Centre, and "In-charge" of the party's women department before the party merged with CPN UML to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[2] Following the merger, she represents the new party in parliament, and is also the district "Co-Incharge" of the party for East Rukum.[6]

References
  1. "Kamala Roka". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  2. "Maoist Centre's Roka wins in Rukum East". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  3. "Conflict victims still suffering same pain". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. BK, GANESH. "Kamala Roka from Maoist center wins in East-Rukum". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  5. "Few women elected to parliament under FPTP". South Asia Check. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  6. "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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