Bal Krishna Khand

Bal Krishna Khand (Nepali: बालकृष्ण खाँण) is a Nepalese politician and former Home Minister of Nepal. Khand is a central working committee member of the Nepali Congress party. Khand also served as the Defense Minister of Nepal under the Second Dahal cabinet.[4]

Bal Krishna Khand
बालकृष्ण खाँण
Home Minister of Nepal
In office
12 July 2021 – 26 December 2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Defence Minister of Nepal
In office
26 August 2016[1] – 31 May 2017
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPuspha Kamal Dahal
Preceded byBhim Bahadur Rawal
Succeeded byBhimsen Das Pradhan
Nepalese Minister of Irrigation[2]
In office
25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Nepali Congress party list
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded bySurya Prasad Pradhan
Succeeded byGhanashyam Bhusal
ConstituencyRupandehi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
May 1991 – August 1994
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byModanath Prasrit
ConstituencyRupandehi
Personal details
BornJune 1960 (1960-06) (age 62)[3]
Syangja, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
Other political
affiliations		Nepali Congress (Democratic)
SpouseManju Khand
ParentNoindra Khand (father) Topkumari Khand (mother)

Political life

Khand was the president of the NC youth wing, Nepal Tarun Dal.[5] When the party was divided in 2003, Khand joined the Nepali Congress (Democratic). Khand was included in the Central Working Committee of the new party.[6][7] NC(D) later merged back with NC, though. After the royal coup d'état, Khand was arrested and jailed.[8] In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election and 2013 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Rupandehi-3 constituency.[9] In the 2017, NC-RPP formed an alliance when Khand had to leave his constituency to Ex-Forest Minister Deepak Bohara from Rastriya Prajatantra Party. So, he was elected from the proportional of Nepali Congress.

Born in Syangja in 2017 BS, Khand has been active in politics since 2033 BS. Leading the Nepal Students Union and Nepal Tarun Dal, Khand, who is active in party politics, has previously taken charge of the Ministry of Irrigation and Defense. Khand has been the chief whip of the Nepali Congress, is now holding portfolio Home Minister.[4]

Electoral history

2013 Constituent Assembly election
Rupandehi-3
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bal Krishna Khand 18,481
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ghanshyam Bhusal 18,395
Rastriya Janamukti Party Jham Bahadur Gurung 4,620
UCPN (Maoist) Bharat Aryal 3,897
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Sant Prasad Chaudhary 1,891
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Ram Avatar Yadav 1,063
Others 2,225
Result Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[10]

2008 Constituent Assembly election
Rupandehi-3
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bal Krishna Khand 16,790
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lila Giri 15,458
CPN (Maoist) Tej Kumari Paudel 11,554
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Shiva Kumar Tharu Chaudhary 1,645
Independent Yam Bahadur Pun 1,336
Others 5,017
Invalid votes 2,035
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[11]

References
  1. "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. "Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list". People.cn. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  4. "देउवा सरकारको ४ मन्त्रीहरुको बायोडाटा". News24 : Premium News Channel. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  5. Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine Local News [The Kathmandu Post (Nepal)]
  6. "Local News The Rising Nepal (Daily)". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  7. Who's who - Nepali Times
  8. Newsbrief
  9. Election Commission of Nepal
  10. "Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  11. "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.


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