Rajendra Mahato

Rajendra Mahato
राजेन्द्र महतो
Mahto in 2011
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byIshwar Pokhrel
Minister for Urban Development
In office
4 June 2021 – 22 June 2021
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKhadga Prasad Sharma Oli
Preceded byPrabhu Shah
Succeeded byRuhi Singh, Noida NDRC
Minister of Health and Population
In office
4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterBaburam Bhattarai
Ministry of Commerce and Supplies
In office
18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Ministry of Commerce and Supplies
In office
23 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byBimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded byJulie Kumari Mahato
ConstituencyDhanusha 3
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byMina Pandey
Succeeded byMohammad Rizwan Ansari
ConstituencySarlahi 2
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded byNagendra Kumar Ray
Succeeded byMahindra Ray Yadav
ConstituencySarlahi 4
Personal details
Born (1958-11-20) 20 November 1958][1]
Sonbarsha, Bihar, India or Babarganj, Sarlahi, Nepal[2][3][4](Disputed)
PartyRastriya Mukti Party
Other political
affiliations		Sadbhavana Party
Nepal Sadbhawana Party
Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)
Rastriya Janata Party (2017-2020)
People's Socialist Party(2020-2021)
EducationBachelor in Public Administration[6]

Rajendra Mahato (Nepali: राजेन्द्र महतो; born 19 November 1958) is a Nepalese politician, who had been serving as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Urban Development since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by the Supreme Court on 22 June 2021, making his tenure of just 18 days the shortest till date.[7] He was the parliamentary party leader of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal although the status matter of conflict within the party.

Though weak today due to continuous party change, he once was a well known leader of Terai-Madhesh based political alliance.[8][9] Mahato contested election from Sarlahi 2 where he lost with Mahindra Ray Yadav of Maoist Centre.[10] He has previously contested the election from Sarlahi and Dhanusha where his party could win no local level head position and got clean swept in recent election.[9][11]

Political career

Mahato began his political career in 1990.[12] In the 1994 parliamentary elections, he contested from Sarlahi 2 as a candidate of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party finishing second with 10,173 votes. In the 1999 elections, he won the seat with 14,750 votes, defeating former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[13]

In 2007, Mahato split from the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) and formed his own party which he later named the Sadbhavana Party.[14] Over the years, he joined several parties including the Rastriya Janata Party, Janata Samajbadi Party and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party.[15]

In April 2008, Mahato was elected from Sarlahi 4 in the Constituent Assembly election.[16] However, he lost the seat in the 2013 election to Mahendra Rai Yadav of the Terai Madhesh Sadbhavana Party.[17] Under proportional representation, his wife Sahil Devi Mahato was nominated to the Assembly.[18]

Mahato has been a prominent advocate for Madhesi rights, expressing opposition to provisions in Nepal’s draft constitution that he viewed as discriminatory against the Madhesi community.[19]

Personal life

Rajendra Mahato was born on 19 November 1958 in Babaraganj, Chandranagar Rural Municipality-2, Sarlahi District, Nepal, as the second child of Khobhari Mahato though disputed.[20]

Election history

2022 legislative elections

(Sarlahi 2)

CandidatePartyVotes%
Mahindra Ray YadavCPN (Maoist Centre)23,52933.39
Rajendra MahatoLoktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal21,51830.54
Raj Narayan SahCPN (UML)14,81921.03
Naresh Prasad KushwahaJanamat Party6,5549.30
Mustaqim AnsariNepal Federal Socialist Party1,0641.51
Others2,9854.24
Total70,469100.00
Majority2,011
CPN (Maoist Centre) gain
Source: [21]

2017 legislative elections

Dhanusha 3
Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Rajendra Mahato 30,750
Nepali Congress Bimalendra Nidhi 27,847
CPN (Maoist Centre) Ram Singh Yadav 2,346
Others 1,300
Invalid votes 2,930
Result RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly Election

Sarlahi 4
Party Candidate Votes
Terai Madhesh Sadbhavna Party Mahendra Raya Yadav 11,534
Sadbhavana Party Rajendra Mahato 8,790
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ram Narayan Sah 8,348
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Ram Chandra Raya Yadav 5,020
Nepali Congress Laxman Raya 2,605
Rastriya Madhesh Samajbadi Party Dinesh Raya 1,714
UCPN (Maoist) Ram Kishun Ray 1,601
Others 2,729
Result TMSP gain
Source: NepalNews[22]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Sarlahi 4
Party Candidate Votes
Sadbhavana Party Rajendra Mahato 17,073
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Ram Chandra Raya Yadav 8,752
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Rameshwar Raya 6,939
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Raj Narayan Sah 4,615
Nepali Congress Laxman Raya 4,207
Rastriya Janashakti Party Ram Padartha Shah 3,177
Others 4,684
Invalid votes 2,918
Result Sadbhavana gain
Source: Election Commission[23]

1994 legislative elections

Sarlahi 2
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Mina Pandey 10,795
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Rajendra Mahato 10,173
Rastriya Prajatantra Party Surya Bahadur Thapa 9,723
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Laxman Paudel 7,724
Others 387
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[24]

1991 legislative elections

Sarlahi 2
Party Candidate

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Votes
Nepali Congress Mina Pandey 10,684
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Rajendra Mahato 7,828
Result Congress gain
Source:[25]

See also

References

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