Mahantha Thakur (), is a Nepalese politician and president of Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal, as well as the former treasurer of

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 ...

Party. He has served as minister in various ministries, including Ministry of Science and Technology while in

Political career

Mahanta Thakur, who was born in Ekarahiya in Pipara village municipality of Mahottari, has left the Nepali Congress and entered the politics of Madhes as the president of TMLOP. Thakur's political background is Congress. His journey to the Congress began in 2016 BS with student politics. Leaving the Congress treasurer and science and technology minister, he entered the politics of Madhesh in 2064 BS. In the year 2026 BS, Thakur became the president of the Students' Union affiliated to the Nepali Congress. He is also a founding central member of the Nepal Students Association. He was arrested during his student days while protesting against King Mahendra's coup d'état. Mahanta's political journey started from Janakpur. Although his birthplace was Mahottari, his field of work was Sarlahi. He used to work as a lawyer in Sarlahi. As well as advocacy, so was political activism. He was elected from Sarlahi twice and was made Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives in 1991.

Personal life

Thakur does not own land or a home. In Kathmandu, he lives with his daughter. While staying in Sarlahi, Thakur's wife was injured when a stove exploded while she was cooking around 2045 BS. She died during the treatment. He was staying with his wife in a rental house in Sarlahi. Thakur had two children and his son died in an accident. At that time, he was a medical student in BPKIHS, Dharan. His daughter is the daughter in law of former minister and governor Umakanta Jha.

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

1999 Nepalese General Election General elections were held in Nepal on 3 and 17 May 1999. The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party, gaining 28 seats, while the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN–UML) lost 17. Background The previous elections ...

1994 Nepalese General Election General elections were held in Nepal on 15 November 1994 to elect the House of Representatives. The election took place after the Nepali Congress government collapsed and King Birenda called new elections. The results showed that the Communist P ...

1991 Nepalese General Election General elections were held in Nepal on 12 May 1991, to elect 205 members to the House of Representatives (Nepal), House of Representatives. The elections were the first Multi-party system, multi-party elections since 1959 and were a result of th ...

References

Living people Nepali Congress politicians from Madhesh Province 1952 births People from Mahottari District Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal MPs 1991–1994 Nepal MPs 1994–1999 Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Nepalese political party founders {{Nepal-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party politicians Rastriya Janata Party Nepal politicians Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal politicians Nepal MPs 2022–present Ramswarup Ramsagar Multiple Campus alumni