Baburam Bhattarai becomes New Prime Minister of Nepal

Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, vice-chairman of UCPN-Maoist becomes the 35th prime Minister of the country and fourth of Republic Nepal. He is the fourth Prime Minister in last three years since the country has turned republic. In an prime ministerial election held this (Sunday) evening, Speaker Subas Chandra Nembang announced Dr. Baburam Bhattarai to have outpolled Nepali Congress (NC) Vice-president Ram Chandra Paudel by 105 votes to become the country’s new prime minister as per the constitutional provisions and the House regulations.

Baburam Bhattarai, New Prime Minister of Nepal

The country had been looking for a new Prime Minister as Jhalanath Khanal finally resigned last week nearly after 6 and half months of being on the post. The parliamentary voting took place after political parties failed to form a consensus government within the 10-day deadline issued by President Dr Ram Baran Yadav.

United Democratic Madhesi Front, the alliance of five Madhes-based parties and other fringe parties voted for Baburam Bhattarai, whereas CPN-UML, Rastriya Prajantantra Party and Rastriya Janashakti Party, cast their vote in Ram Chandra Paudel’s favor. Paudel, along with this defeat has lost PM election for 18 consecutive rounds in total.

Who is Baburam Bhattarai?

Baburam Bhattarai was born on June 18, 1954, in Belbas, Khoplang VDC, Gorkha district in a low – middle class peasant family.

Battarai, who has a huge repute for his intellectual and political activism in Nepali politics, began formal education Amar Jyoti Janata Secondary School in Gorkha in 1963 and went on top the SLC examinations from the same school in 1970.

After this, he joined I.Sc. in Amrit Science Campus, Kathmandu and later went to India for further study under the Colombo Plan Scholarship. He completed his PhD degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in 1986.

While in India, he came in contact with top political leaders of Nepal like B.P. Koirala, Tulsi Lal Amatya, Mohan Bikram Singh, Rishikesh Shah and plunged into democratic politics.

In 1981, Bhattarai became member of the Communist Party of Nepal. He returned to Nepal in 1986 and fully devoted himself to politics. During the anti-Panchayat people´s movement of 1990, Bhattarai was the Central Spokesperson of United National People´s Movement.

Since 1991, Bhattarai played an instrumental role in shaping the revolutionary path of communist movement in Nepal as a Politburo Member of CPN (Unity Centre) and later of CPN (Maoist).

In 2003, he led the Negotiating Team of CPN (Maoist) for peace dialogues. He is widely acknowledged as one of the architects of the Joint People´s Movement of 2006 and as a key negotiator of Comprehensive Peace Accord signed in November 2006.

In the first ever Constituent Assembly elections held in April 2008, he was elected from Gorkha constituency no. 2 and served as Finance Minister in the subsequently formed Maoist government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

Currently he is one of three Vice-chairmen of UCPN (Maoist). He is married to Hisila Yami and has a daughter named Manusi.

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36 Responses to Baburam Bhattarai becomes New Prime Minister of Nepal

  1. sachis August 28, 2011 at 3:04 pm #

    gudluck to him… we are expecting lot frm him

  2. Binita August 28, 2011 at 3:17 pm #

    Dr. Baburam, make a new peaceful Nepal, ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND TO ALL OF US NEPALESE.

  3. prerana August 28, 2011 at 3:57 pm #

    All the best ……. for his up coming days n we expect alot frm him.

  4. surendra August 28, 2011 at 4:00 pm #

    best of luck 2 u n our new nepal 2 get sth special………………..

  5. prerana August 28, 2011 at 4:00 pm #

    we request u to fulfill the needs of the public people.

  6. subash August 28, 2011 at 4:13 pm #

    सुभकमान छ तपाइलाई नेपाली जनता को इच्छा पुरा गरिदिनु होस् र तपाइको कार्यकाल सफल रहोस फेरी यक पटक सुभकामना

  7. Govinda August 28, 2011 at 4:54 pm #

    डा. बाबुराम लाई बधाई तर फलामको चिउरा कसरि चपाउनु हुन्छ हेर्न बाकी छ

  8. pocken niroula August 28, 2011 at 5:10 pm #

    lal salam babu ram ji.ani aba kati dinma rajinam ma dine ho thaha diye hunthyo ni

  9. Bikash Gupta August 28, 2011 at 5:27 pm #

    dheri ramro vhayo.all the best baburam bhattrai . Please u led the country NEPAL very carefully and also develop very soon. plz plz

  10. jay prakash August 28, 2011 at 6:51 pm #

    dr.baburam bhattarai lai karya safalta ko hardik mangal maya suvakamana.
    And those political parties who plays leg pulling role need to know that its over now.you all will be going to hell and nepali people wont leave you any more. Do something for the nation prosperity and sustainable peace.Everything has a way but the attitude should be good ie dedicated to nation. Plz dont play any of the dirty game with dr bhattrai.he is only the way.
    Best of luck
    Nepal is going to be peace zone again.
    Peace and just peace.

  11. manish adhikari August 28, 2011 at 6:54 pm #

    kushi lagyo……………. aba desh ramro hunxa ki…………maha purus dr.baburam bhattarai aunu vayara…………..all the best

  12. namsang August 28, 2011 at 7:31 pm #

    आशा पलायो बाबुराम भट्टराई जी प्रधान मन्त्रि हुनु भएकोमा , अब चै नेपालले प्रगति गर्छ कि कतै..? हामी सबै प्रबासी नेपाली हरुको तर्फा बाट बधाई तथा सुभकामना …….

  13. BINOD THAPA August 28, 2011 at 7:55 pm #

    congratulation Dr, baburam bhattarai,,, we are expecting a lot from u, plz make our country peacefully,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    • upama gelal August 29, 2011 at 3:59 am #

      we all nepalese are here for you to support…all the best….we have hoped a lot from you …..

  14. king August 29, 2011 at 3:57 am #

    actually Nepal ma layak ko kohi pane PM chena babu ram pane tyo nai whiskey ho bottle matra different anyway hamro des Nepal sadhai ramro hous JAY NEPA

  15. kbbalami August 29, 2011 at 4:38 am #

    देशले उपयुक्त प्रधानमन्त्री प्राप्त गरेको छ / अब सम्पूर्ण कलंकहरु, कलहहरु बिस्तारै निर्मुल हुँदै जान्छ / नेपालीले सुखको आभाष पाउनेछ / ” काठमाडौँ – निज्गढ़ फास्ट त्रैक रोड ” यथाशिघ्र निर्माण होस् भन्ने मेरो भित्रि मनको इच्छा छिट्टै पुरा होस् /
    मेरो हार्दिक सुभकामना तथा बधाई /

  16. harkaraj bista August 29, 2011 at 6:02 am #

    बाबु रामजी को सफलताको कामना गर्छु म पनि यौटा प्रगति शील बिद्यार्थी संगठन अखिल नेपाल राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र बिद्यार्थी यूनियन (यकिकृत ) केन्द्रीय समिति को तर्फबाट र म हर्कराज बिस्टको व्यक्तिगत तर्फ बाट देशको आमुल परिबर्तन को खातिर तपाई को यो समय अपरिहार्य छ किनकि देश ले चाहेको सासन गरिबीको उन्मुक्तिको को खातिर तपाइले लागिपर्नु पर्ने छ मानिस ले भनेका छन् तपाइको यो प्रधान मन्त्रि को पद लिनु भनेको फलामको चिउरा चपाउनु जस्तै हो तपाइले चपाएर देखाई दिनुस तपाइँ लाइ देश र जनताले ले सम्मान गर्नेछन तपाइँ लाइ हार्दिक सुभकामना छ

  17. RAM GOPAL SHRESTHA August 29, 2011 at 8:30 am #

    बदाइछ कामरेड बाबुराम जी , हजुर लाई सबै नेपाली जनता ले धेरै बिस्वास गरेकोछ तेस बिस्वास लाई खेर नफालिदिनु हुन म हजुर लाई अनुरोद गर्दै छु / लाल सलाम बाबुराम जी ….////////

  18. Ishwari August 29, 2011 at 10:21 am #

    तपाई देशको प्रधानमन्त्री हुनु भएको छ सर्ब प्रथम त बधाई दिन चाहन्छु, धरातल धेरै कम्जोर छ, तपाई पार्टीको प्रमुख पनि हैन, संसदीयदलको नेता पनि हैन, प्रमुख पार्टीहरु opposition मा छन् पार्टी भित्र पनि पकड दह्रो छैन भनिन्छ, लाग्छ तपाई भूतले खाजा खाने बेलामा प्रधानमन्त्री बन्नु भएको छ, यी सारा अबस्थालाई विचार गर्दा तपाई लाई चारै तिर बाट घेरेको देखिन्छ, तर याद गर्नुहोस कि पहराको काप बाट नै पिपल निस्किन्छ, हिलो भित्र बाट नै कमलको फूल फूल्छ, तपाइको Never Second Image तपाइको पार्टी, देश र जनताको लागि उदाहरण बनोस, शान्ति र संबिधान को महान mission मा सफल हुनुहोस भित्रि मन देखि शुभकामना दिन चाहन्छु

  19. Suresh Bhandari August 29, 2011 at 11:18 pm #

    Congratulation!!!! wish you all the best ………. prosperity in your future.

  20. birat August 30, 2011 at 5:47 am #

    camrade baburam congratulations & best of luck

  21. Padam Lama September 1, 2011 at 9:02 am #

    Honorable Prime Minister,
    Although there is no introduction between us but, you being a remarkable leader every Nepalese people knows you very well. Moreover, at present you have become the Prime minister of the country, that sort, nobody is unknown about you.
    To say in fact, really I am a racist, situationally created. Particularly due to several deplorable and discriminative ruling of Brahman based government over Janajatis has left a standpoint of hatred by the Adivashi JUanajati towards the Brahmins leader and the Bureaucrats.
    I dare to say that i was very much afraid of that in case of Ramchandra Poudel would elected as a Prime minister the nation will push to more deterioration, specially the Adivashi Janajati people. Ramchandra Poudel is quite Brahminist. Fortunately you came out as the Prime minister,with this result, I am very much happy and congratulate you. You are being an intellectual, well qualified , liberal and strong ideology holder, I prefer you.
    I hope, a lot of reformation is awaiting to be done in your regime. Please not to follow the bedrock of the previous rapacious leaders who ruined Nepal to the bottom.
    The main cause of the poverty of the country is the corruption, financial embezzlement and the bribery, no sooner such kinds of tradition should totally be abolished.
    Wishing your good governance without bewildering with the opportunist colleagues and the anti national elements.

    Lama P.Pakhrin
    lamapp1955@gmail.com

  22. Anjana Rai September 1, 2011 at 9:15 am #

    हार्दिक बादी ६ कमरेड प्रधान मन्त्रि डाक्टर बाबुराम भट्टराई जी आफ्नो कार्यलकालमा
    जनता को चाहना aanurup को बिकाश गरेर जनता को मन जितेर देश बिकाश गर्नु होला येही मेरो तपाई लाई सुबेक्छा.

  23. PK Lama September 6, 2011 at 10:11 am #

    सम्पूर्ण नेपाली लाई बधाई ! हामी ले सोचेको जस्तो प्रधानमन्त्री पाएकोमा |
    ३ करोड नेपालीको को तर्फा बाट प्रधानमन्त्री बाबुराम जीलाई बिनम्र अनुरोध के छ भने प्लिज तपाई माधव नेपाल जस्तो गरि रीबन मात्र काटेर र झलनाथ जस्तो आएको र गएको अर्थ नै नबुज्ने गरि नजानु होला | देस र जनता लाई केहि राहत स्वोरुप Law and Order कायम हुने संबिधान बनाउनुस र अन्न हजरेको आवाजलाई पनि नेपालमा कायम गरेर जानु भएमा, तपाईलाई सम्पूर्ण नेपालीले नेपाल आमाको काखमा सधै देखिरहने छ |

    देशभक्त
    लामा पिके

  24. purnaman October 28, 2011 at 7:44 pm #

    नेपाल को चाडो विकास होश हाम्रो चाहना

  25. bijay November 3, 2011 at 9:34 am #

    हेल्लो बाबुराम ग चोन्ग्रचुलेशनउ र मी फ़विऔरितेर् पोलिटिकल लादेर ……………. मा धेरै खुसि क्षु एंड होपे फुल क्षु कि हजुर नेपाल को औता नमुना प्रिमेमिनिस्टर बन्नु हुन्क्ष वने र बेस्त्त्तत्त ओफ लुच्क

  26. rohan upreti November 6, 2011 at 1:12 pm #

    जे होस् राम्रै वो तर उसलाई पनि कसले कम गर्न दिन छ र देस को बिकाश त होला तर ताती चै हुदै न होलाआआआआआआआ मेरो बिचार मा ……………………..

  27. Abdul kareem December 20, 2011 at 4:49 am #

    Congratulation!!!! wish you all the best ………. prosperity in your future.
    actually Nepal ma layak ko kohi pane PM chena babu ram pane tyo nai whiskey ho bottle matra different anyway hamro des Nepal sadhai ramro hous JAY NEPA

    zahid Kareem khan rupandehi ( Lumbini Nepal )

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