Ajay Kumar Chaursiya () is a Nepalese politician. He served as the Asst. Minister in the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development from 2001-2002. He is (as of August 2022) a central committee member of

Nepali Congress Party The Nepali Congress ( ; abbr. NC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a social democratic political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country. The party has 870,106 members as of the party's 14th general con ...

and chief of Terai-Madhesh Coordination Department.

Early life

He was born and raised in Amarpatti, Parsa, and completed his primary and secondary and higher education in Motihari, Bihar.

Career

He is a politician in the

Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in parts of southern Nepal and northern India that lies to the south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by ...

region. He is representative to the

Pratinidhi Sabha The House of Representatives, commonly known as Pratinidhi Sabha (), is one of the houses of the Federal Parliament of Nepal, with the other house being the National Assembly (Nepal), National Assembly. Members of the House of Representatives are ...

in the Nepalese legislature on behalf of the

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. NC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country ...

. He was a Member of Parliament from

in 1999, 2006, and 2007. He represents the

Parsa District Parsa District (), a part of Madhesh Province in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birgunj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population (2001) of 497,219. According to the lo ...

, Constituency 2, Birgunj

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. In 2001, he was appointed as an Asst. Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development of Nepal in the cabinet of

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba (, ; born 13 June 1946, Ashigram, Kingdom of Nepal) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served five terms as prime ...

. He took part in the People's Movement (Janandolan 2) and was arrested several times, imprisoned for more than 4 months. Chaurasia was elected twice as member to the constituent Assembly from Parsa 3 and Parsa 2 of Parsa District.

References

Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Madhesh Province Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Nepal MPs 2022–present 1965 births Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly {{Province2NP-politician-stub