Binita Kathayat

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Binita Kathayat
विनिता कथायत
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
22 December 2022

Binita Kathayat is a Nepalese media figure and politician, belonging to the Rastriya Swatantra Party. She is currently serving as a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2022 Nepalese general election she was elected as a proportional representative for Khas Arya cluster from rural area. [1] [2] [3] Before being elected to the Federal Parliament of Nepal, she worked at Galaxy 4K Television. [4]

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Early life and education

Kathayat was born in 2052 BS (1995-1996) in Khalanga Bazar in Chandannath municipality of Jumla District of Karnali Province in Nepal. She belongs to a political family. Her grandfather Narayan Singh Kathayat was a local development officer.

She studied at Seto Bangla School in Kathmandu till ninth grade. She received her tenth grade School Leaving Certificate from a school in Jumla. Under an Indian government scholarship, she studied Political Science in her plus–two level from Dehradun in India. She then received a Diploma in Film Making from Zee Institute of Media Arts in Mumbai. [5]

Career in Media

After completing her diploma, she returned to Nepal to work in the film industry. She worked an assistant director for the movies Loot 2 and Hostel Returns . She also worked as a costume stylist for Chapali Height 2 and Chiso Manchhe .

She also worked as a costume stylist for various television programmes. She produced the television programme Parkhal Bahirako Nepal for Galaxy 4K TV. [5]

Political career

In 2022 Nepalese general election, her colleague Rabi Lamichhane from Galaxy 4K TV formed a new political party, Rastriya Swatantra Party. RSP invited her to be a representative candidate for Khas Arya cluster from rural area. In the election RSP became the fourth largest party and she was elected to the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal. [5]

Filmography

Film

Title of the filmDirectorRole
Loot 2 Nischal Basnet Assistant Director
Hostel Returns Suraj Bhusal
Chapali Height 2 Dipendra K Khanal Costume Stylist
Chiso Manchhe Dipendra K. Khanal

Television

Title of the showChannelRole
Parkhal Bahirako NepalGalaxy 4K TVCostume Stylist

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