Rabindra Prasad Adhikari ( Nepali: रबिन्द्र प्रसाद अधिकारी) (4 May 1969 – 27 February 2019) was a Nepali politician and three-time parliamentarian, belonging to the

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(NCP). He was Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation from 16 March 2018 until his death in a helicopter crash in February 2019. He was the

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secretary of the party. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Adhikari was elected from the Kaski-3 constituency, with 13,386 votes. In the 2013 Constituent Assembly election, he was re-elected from the Kaski-3 constituency, with 15,456 votes. In 2017, CPN-UML candidate Rabindra Adhikari won parliamentary elections from Kaski Constituency No. 2. Representing the left alliance, Adhikari secured 27,207 votes to defeat Nepali Congress candidate Dev Raj Chalise, who got 18,661 votes. After his demise, his wife Bidya Bhattarai won Kaski Constituency-2 with a wide margin of 8,403 votes in the by-election. Bhattarai secured 24,394 votes, while her nearest contender Khem Raj Poudel from the main opposition Nepali Congress got 15,991. Socialist Party's Dharma Raj Gurung got 1,922 votes. He authored the books ''Constituent Assembly, Democracy and Re-structuring''.

Political career

He became president of Free Student Union of Prithivi Narayan Campus in 1993. He became national president of All Nepal National Free Students Union, the student wing of the communist party, in 1999. He left CPN (UML) to join the breakaway Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) and rejoined following reunification. After the 2nd Constituent Assembly Election, he became the chairman of the Development Committee of the Legislature Parliament.

Electoral history

2017 House of Representatives Election, Kaski-2 2013 Constituent Assembly Election, Kaski-3 2008 Constituent Assembly Election, Kaski-3 1999 House of Representatives Election, Kaski-1

Corruption allegations

The subcommittee formed by the Public Accounts Committee of the

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to probe the

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wide body aircraft purchase concluded that he was complicit in corruption. He died while the matter was being investigated by the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority.

Death

Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, along with six other people, died in a helicopter crash while returning from Pathibhara Devi Temple, Taplejung, Nepal, on 27 February 2019.

References

1969 births 2019 deaths Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Aviation ministers of Nepal Culture ministers of Nepal Tourism ministers of Nepal People from Kaski District Tribhuvan University alumni Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Nepal Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2019 Victims of helicopter accidents or incidents Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Prithvi Narayan Campus alumni {{Gandaki-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly