Mahadev Bajgai () is a Nepalese politician and Former

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Lamki Chuha Municipality Lamki Chuha is a municipality in Kailali District in Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal established on 18 May 2014 by merging Baliya and Chuha, two existing village development committees. Later in May, 2014 it was formed by merging all the wards of ...

Kailali District Kailali District (), a part of Sudurpashchim Province in Terai plain, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Dhangadhi as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population of 911,155 (2021 census) and (775,709 ...

. He is secretariat Member of

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Sudurpaschim Province Committee. He has been in the limelight time and again for his pro-citizen decisions and activities. He has diverted funds earmarked for the purchase of vehicles into the construction of a hospital instead. A budget of Rs 7.5 million was allocated to vehicle purchases for municipality officials. But by the third municipal council meeting, Bajgain decided to divert the vehicle purchase funds to the construction of a hospital in Ward No 10. He is chairman of Thakur Baba Business Group, growing industry in

and Growing Poultry industry in western Nepal.In the

10th general convention of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) 10th general convention of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) was held for 26–29 November 2021 to elect central committee members and portfolios. It was held in Sauraha, Chitwan District Chitwan District (, , ) is one ...

, Bajgain was proposal of Bhim Bahadur Rawal to his Candidacy for the post of Party Chairman.

Personal life

Mahadev Bajgain was born on 23 February 1978 in a

Brahmin Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...

family . He is the second son of Maniram Bajgain and Durpata devi Bajgain. He started his political life in

Electoral history

He was elected to the

in Nepalese local elections, 2017. He lost the

2022 Nepalese local elections The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgatio ...

for the post of

Nepalese local elections, 2017

He has been elected to the Mayor of Lamkichuha Municipality in Nepalese local elections, 2017 defeating Bhakta Bahadur Thapa,

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 ...

candidate by the margin of 667 votes.

2022 Nepalese local elections The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgatio ...

, Mahadev Bajgain lost the election with Sushila Shahi. Susila Shahi was a mayor candidate from the Alliance of 5 Political Parties that are

CPN (Maoist Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre) or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal and a member party of Samajbadi Morcha. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communi ...

CPN (Unified Socialist) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) (), abbreviated as CPN (Unified Socialist) is a political party in Nepal led by former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. As of July 2023, the party leads Socialist Front and is an important ally ...

People's Socialist Party, Nepal People's Socialist Party may refer to: * People's Socialist Party (Yugoslavia) * People's Socialist Party of Montenegro * People's Socialist Party (Spain) * People's Socialist Party (Chile) * People's Socialist Party (Argentina) * People's Socialis ...

and

Rastriya Janamorcha Rastriya Janamorcha () is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chitra Bahdur KC is the chairman of the party. It was re-founded aga ...

. Mahadev Bajgain was believed to be a strongest Candidate but he became the Victim of Alliance of 5 Political Party. CPN-UML Kailali District Committee Chairman Ratan Bahadur Thapa was removed from the post of Party District Chairman for playing a role in defeating the party’s official candidate Bajgain in the local elections.

References

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians People from Kailali District Mayors of places in Nepal Living people People from Achham District Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians 1978 births {{Sudurpashchim-politician-stub

Personal life

Electoral history

Nepalese local elections, 2017

2022 Nepalese local elections The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities, 11 sub-metropolitan cities, 276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgatio ...

See also

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