Devi Prakash Bhattachan

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Devi Prakash Bhattachan
देवी प्रसाद भट्टचन
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
CPN (UML)
Assumed office
2022
Personal details
Nationality Nepali
Political party CPN (UML)
Other political
affiliations
CPN (UML)
Parents
  • Bal Nar Singh (father)
  • Yam Kumari (mother)

Devi Prakash Bhattachan is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the CPN (UML) Party. He is currently serving as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2022 Nepalese general election he was elected as a proportional representative from the indigenous people category. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Election Commission Nepal" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. "UML selects 34 HoR members under PR". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-12-21.