Rajendra Mahato

Rajendra Mahato (born 19 November 1958) is a Nepali politician and the President of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) party. He is one of the highest-ranked member of the Terai-Madhesh based parties alliance.[2]

Rajendra Mahato
President of the Sadbhavana Party
Assumed office
2007
PresidentRajendra Mahato
Personal details
Born (1958-11-19) 19 November 1958
Babarganj, Sarlahi District, Nepal[1]
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepal Sadbhavana Party
Alma materMaster in Law[1]

Early life and career

Mahato was born in Sarlahi of Nepal, on 19 November 1958.,[1] as the first children of Khobhari Mahato. He holds degree of Master in law. One of the issue raised on August 4, 2019, when Oli Cabinet decided to cancel the citizenship of 8 individuals who acquired Nepalese citizenship through forged documents.[3][4][5]The government has published the name of the persons but not the full detail and is still undisclosed.[6][7]

Political career

He started his political career from 1990.[1] In the 1994 parliamentary election, he stood as the Nepal Sadbhavana Party candidate in the constituency Sarlahi-2. He came second with 10173 votes. In the 1999 parliamentary election he won the seat with 14750 votes, defeating former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[8] In 2007, Mahato broke away from NSP(A) and formed his own party, which later acquired the name Sadbhavana Party[9] Mahato resigned from the interim parliament on January 19, 2008.[9]

In April 2008, he won the Sarlahi-4 seat in the Constituent Assembly election.[10]

Mahato lost his seat in the 2013 constituent assembly elections to Mahendra Rai Yadav of the Terai Madesh Sadhbhawana Party Nepal.[11] The party nominated his wife Sahil Devi Mahato to the Constituent Assembly from the five seats assigned to the party under proportional representation.[12]

Mahato has also become a leader for the Madhesi people, and stated concerns about Nepal's proposed constitution, calling it a ploy to subjugate the Madhesi.[13]

References
  1. "Rajendra Mahato- CA Profile". Ujyalo Online. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
  2. "Morcha nixes talks offer, insists on all four conditions". Kantipur. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. Aug 4, PTI /; 2019; Ist, 19:53. "Nepal govt annuls Nepali citizenship of 8 Indian-origin persons - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-01-30.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. Kathm, Press Trust of India; uAugust 4; August 4, 2019UPDATED:; Ist, 2019 20:46. "Nepal government annuls Nepali citizenship of 8 Indian-origin people". India Today. Retrieved 2021-01-30.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. "Nepal Annuls Citizenship of 8 Indian-origin People Who Forged Documents to Procure Certificate". News18. 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  6. Sureis (2019-08-06). "Rajendra Mahato slams govt for giving false impression of his citizenship being revoked". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  7. Nepal, Nribesh. "Rajendra Mahato questions govt, "Is my citizenship canceled?" (with video)". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
  8. Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Rajendra Mahato resigns parliament « Nepal Travel and Tourism news,Nepal news, news of Nepal,Nepal Mountain,Political,Expedition,Business,Sports and Evt news
  10. eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Constituency Wise Top 3 Candidate". Election Commission of Nepal. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  12. "Sadbhawana Party picks PR lawmakers". eKantipur. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  13. Pokharel, Krishna. "Nepal Officials Agree on Plan to Divide Country into Six States". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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