Bidya Bhattarai
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Bidya Bhattarai[2] (also Bidhya Bhattarai) is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. She won the by-election of Kaski-2, a constituency that was made empty by the premature death of her husband, cabinet minister Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, in a helicopter crash in February 2019. She defeated her nearest rival, Khemraj Paudel of Nepali Congress, by a margin of more than 8,000 votes.[3][4] She was re-elected in 2022 from the same constituency.
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Bidhya Bhattarai | |
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विद्या भट्टराई | |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
Assumed office 17 December 2019 | |
Preceded by | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari |
Constituency | Kaski 2 |
Personal details | |
Born | (1972-10-30) October 30, 1972 (age 51)[1] |
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | CPN (UML) |
Spouse | Rabindra Prasad Adhikari |
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