Rabindra Mishra () is a Nepali philanthropist, ex-journalist, writer, poet, and politician. Currently, Mishra is the Senior Vice-chairman of

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 ...

, after having resigned as a general member of

Bibeksheel Sajha Party The Bibeksheel Sajha Party (Nepali language, Nepali: विवेकशील साझा पार्टी) is a political party in Nepal. It was the sixth largest party of Nepal by popular vote after 2017 Nepalese general election and the fif ...

in September 2022. He earlier resigned as the national president of

in May 2022. He formerly worked as the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of BBC Nepali Service, and left the BBC in February 2017 to enter Nepalese politics. Mishra is also the founder of the global charity, Help Nepal Network, which has chapters in 14 countries and is run entirely by volunteers.

Education

Mishra received his Master's Degree in English Literature from

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu, Nepal. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest and the largest university in Nepal. It offers 1,000 undergraduate and 500 postgraduate programs a ...

. He then went to

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, Pakistan, earning a Master's Degree in journalism. He joined

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and majored in International Politics.

Career

Mishra worked with

Nepal Television Nepal Television (), shortened to NTV is the Nepali national Public broadcasting, public state-controlled television broadcaster. It's accessible in four languages. It is the oldest and most watched television channel in Nepal. The news broadcas ...

and Pakistan's leading English-language daily, ''

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''. He joined the

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in 1995 as a producer with BBC Nepali Service. Later he worked on English-language flagship programmes, including '' World Today'' and ''

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''. He was appointed as the chief editor of BBC Nepali Service in 2006.

Political career

On 28 February 2017, Mishra resigned from BBC Nepali to enter politics. He stated that the reason behind his move was to "create a common platform to bring together honest and capable Nepalis from all walks of life for the sake of clean politics to transform Nepal." The next day, on March 1, Mishra approached the

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with an application to secure the name

Sajha Party The Sajha Party () is a political party founded by former editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service Rabindra Mishra. History Sajha Party was founded in 2017 by the former editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service, Rabindra Mishra. It was formed as an ...

() and a weighing scale as the symbol of his yet-to-be formed political party. Mishra ran against

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leader

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in the 2017 legislative elections from Kathmandu 1, but was defeated by a margin of 818 votes. Rabindra Mishra joined the

in September 2022 before the

2022 Nepalese general election General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives (Nepal), House of Representatives. There were two ballots in the election; one to elect 165 members from single-member constituenc ...

. Mishra raced for the second time against

leader

in the 2022 election from Kathmandu 1, but got defeated by a narrow margin of 125 votes.

Electoral history

2022 legislative elections

2017 legislative elections

Books

*, Fineprint (2010) *, Nepalaya Publication (2012) *, (2015)

Filmography

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as Doctor

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Rabindra Nepalese male writers Nepali-language writers Nepalese journalists Living people 1967 births Politicians from Kathmandu Tribhuvan University alumni University of the Punjab alumni Alumni of the University of London Nepalese political party founders Rastriya Prajatantra Party politicians