Abhishek Pratap Shah ( ne, अभिषेक प्रताप शाह, born 1 October 1982) is a
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
ese politician belonging to
Nepali Congress. He serves as the member of parliament for
Kapilvastu 3
Kapilvastu 3 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kapilvastu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas
Kapilvastu 3 ...
. He was previously a member of the first and second Constituent Assembly of Nepal representing Kapilvastu 5.
Personal life
Shah has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management in
Lucknow
Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
.
Political career
In January 2008, Shah was nominated to the
interim parliament, taking the seat of his deceased father
Ajay Pratap Shah who was an MP for the
Rastriya Prajatantra Party
The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist politic ...
.
In March 2008 he resigned from the interim legislature, and joined the
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal.
In the
April 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Kapilvastu 5 constituency, winning 15,694 votes. Shah was the youngest member elected to the
1st Constituent Assembly of Nepal. He was re-elected from the same constituency in the
2013 Constituent Assembly elections.
In 2017 he left the
Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
The Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal ( ne, संघीय समाजवादी फोरम, नेपाल; abbreviated FSFN) was a democratic socialist political party in Nepal. The party was formed on 15 June 2015 from the merger of the Ma ...
and joined
Nepali Congress ahead of the
2017 general election
This national electoral calendar for 2017 lists the national/federal elections held in 2017 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
January
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. He was elected from
Kapilvastu 3
Kapilvastu 3 one of three parliamentary constituencies of Kapilvastu District in Nepal. This constituency came into existence on the Constituency Delimitation Commission (CDC) report submitted on 31 August 2017.
Incorporated areas
Kapilvastu 3 ...
securing 20,001 votes. He was a member in the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee of the
House of Representatives.
References
1982 births
Living people
Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal politicians
Rastriya Prajatantra Party politicians
Nepal MPs 2017–2022
Nepali Congress politicians from Lumbini Province
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Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly