Bikram Pandey is a

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 ...

ese politician belonging to

Rastriya Prajatantra Party The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ; , ()) is a monarchist, constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal. The party was formed by Panchayat (Nepal), Panchayat era Prime Minister o ...

and constituent assembly member. He was elected 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 2013 CA election on behalf of the

from Chitwan 5. Pandey is the current Vice president of

elected from the 2021 general convention of Rastriya Prajatantra Party.

Political life

Pandey has served several terms as minister in different ministries. Pandey was one among the three RPP leaders to win FPTP election to Constituent Assembly after 2013. In

2017 Nepalese General Election General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. The election was held alongside the first ...

, Pandey was candidate from Chitwan 3 against former prime minister and Maoist leader

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Pushpa Kamal Dahal (; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias ''Prachanda'' (, , "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician, currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition, since July 2024. He has served as the Prime Minister of Nepal o ...

. He had challenged Dahal to win the constituency on his own while this was keenly watched throughout the country. Pandey, a candidate of RPP was supported by

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 ...

. Though Pandey was unsuccessful, he lost with a very less margin than expected. Pandey is the newly elected vice president of the

Controversies

Pandey is the chairman of Kalika Group which operates construction and power companies, among others. In 2018, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority filed Rs 2 billion corruption case against Pandey over the faulty construction of the Sikta Irrigation Canal. Pandey was later acquitted of all charges by the Special Court. Pandey's appointment as Minister for Urban Development in 2023 has also been criticized as a conflict of interest since he owns a construction company that bids for government tenders and is now in charge of a ministry that hands out those same tenders.

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Bikram Living people Rastriya Prajatantra Party politicians Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly People from Chitwan District Nepal MPs 2022–present 1953 births