Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal () commonly known as Bhim Rawal is a Nepali politician who former Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister of Nepal in First Oli cabinet. He served as the Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal in Madhav Nepal cabinet. Belonging to the nationalist right wing of the party he is sometimes credited as the main fulcrum for the rightward turn of Oli. Rawal has previously served as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in

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cabinet led by

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from 1998 - 1999. He was taken as prospective CPN-UML chairman by his cadres during

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campaign. After his lost in 10th general congress of

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from

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in chairman post gaining as low as 10% vote, his political future is said to be uncertain and was finally was expelled from the party in 2024.

Personal life

Rawal was born in Achham district, Nepal. He has a wife and two sons. He obtained both master's and bachelor's degree from the

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and in the 1980s became a lawyer, specialized in

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for the Nepal Bar Association. He has done

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on Political Violence and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal.

Political career

Rawal began his political career when he began serving as

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's adviser in 1990. From 1992 to 1993 he served on the United Nations's

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n elections panel and later allied himself with

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. In 1994 he was elected into Parliament following by being its Minister for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation till 1995. From 1998 to 1999 he served the same positions for second term and also was Minister of Science and Technology. In April 2008 he was Proportional representative of the

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. In 2009 he spoke at the

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' meeting about

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. After the meeting he addressed the ''Third UN Private Sector Forum'' regarding

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and

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and urged the

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and various

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s to work together in order to form

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. In 2014 it was reported that he was injured in a Sharma Oli attack on a campaign trail at a

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liaison committee.

Controversies

Regarding MCC

Rawal emerged as one of the largest critic of MCC. Later it was accused that he was one of the five Deputy Prime Minister in KP Sharma Oli cabinet including

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and

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who were accused of paving the way for MCC in Nepal.

Resignation from MP

On 18 July 2021, he had resigned as member of parliament stating he wanted to leave active politics.

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