Mahantha Thakur
महन्थ ठाकुर
President of Loktantrik Samajwadi Party
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byposition created
Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives
In office
1991–1994
Preceded byMahendra Narayan Nidhi
President of the Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party[1]
In office
2006–2017
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byposition abolished
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byRam Dayal Mandal
ConstituencyMahottari 3
In office
May 1991 – May 2001
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byKhomari Raya
ConstituencySarlahi 5
Nominated Member of Constituent Assembly for
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1941-02-22) 22 February 1941[2]
Godaita, Sarlahi, Nepal
Political partyLoktantrik Samajbadi Party (2021-present)
Other political
affiliations		Nepali Congress (before 2006)
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2006-2017)
Rastriya Janata Party (2017-2020)
People's Socialist Party (2020-2021)
EducationBachelor in Law
Alma materTribhuvan University

Mahantha Thakur (Nepali: महन्थ ठाकुर), is a Nepalese politician and president of Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal, as well as the former treasurer of Nepali Congress Party.[3] He has served Minister in various ministries including Ministry Of Science and Technology while in Nepali Congress.[4][5]

Political career

Mahanta Thakur, who was born in Ekarahiya in Pipara village municipality of Mahottari, has left the Nepali Congress and entered the politics of Madhes as the president of TMLOP. Thakur's political background is Congress. His journey to the Congress began in 2016 BS with student politics. Leaving the Congress treasurer and science and technology minister, he entered the politics of Madhesh in 2064 BS.[6]

In the year 2026 BS, Thakur became the president of the Students' Union affiliated to the Nepali Congress. He is also a founding central member of the Nepal Students Association. He was arrested during his student days while protesting against King Mahendra's coup d'état.[7]

Thakur in India Visit as Agriculture Minister of Nepal

Mahanta's political journey started from Janakpur. Although his birthplace was Mahottari, his field of work was Sarlahi. He used to work as a lawyer in Sarlahi. As well as advocacy, so was political activism.[8]

Thakur with Indian Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

He was elected from Sarlahi twice and was made Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives in 1991.

Personal life

Thakur does not own land or a home. In Kathmandu, he lives with his daughter.[6]

While staying in Sarlahi, Thakur's wife was injured when a stove exploded while she was cooking around 2045 BS. She died during the treatment. He was staying with his wife in a rental house in Sarlahi.[6]

Thakur had two children and his son died in an accident. At that time, he was a medical student in BPKIHS, Dharan. His daughter is the daughter in law of former minister and governor Umakanta Jha.[7]

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

Mahottari-3
Party Candidate Votes
Rastriya Janata Party Nepal Mahantha Thakur 26,845
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Bijay Kumar Chaudhary 8,676
Independent Chandeshwar Jha 4,020
Bahujan Shakti Party Jogendra Mahato 1,884
Nepal Federal Socialist Party Yusuf Safi 1,241
Others 2,196
Invalid votes 4,089
Result RJPN gain
Source: Election Commission

1999 Nepalese General Election

Sarlahi-5
Candidate Party Votes Remarks
Mahantha Thakur Nepali Congress 11765 Elected
Ram Narayan Singh Rashtriya Prajatantra Party 10860

1994 Nepalese General Election

Sarlahi-5
Candidate Party Votes Remarks
Mahantha Thakur Nepali Congress 13615 Elected
Nanda Lal Ray Yadav Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal 9380  

1991 Nepalese General Election

Sarlahi-5
Candidate Party Votes Status
Mahantha Thakur Nepali Congress – Elected

See also

References

  1. ↑ "After losing party chair, Mahantha Thakur is in dilemma".
  2. ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  3. ↑ "After losing party chair, Mahantha Thakur is in dilemma". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal". 29 December 2007. Archived from the original on 29 December 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "2002-00-00 - report - FES | २०५८-००-०० - प्रतिवेदन - एफईएस". nepalconflictreport.ohchr.org. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "ठाकुर जस्को आफ्नो घर छैन, श्रीमती र छोराको मृत्यु". Etajakhabar. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 रातोपाटी. "महन्थ ठाकुर : राजनीतिका एक सन्यासी !". RatoPati (in Nepali). Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "राजनीतिक जीवनको उत्तरार्धतिर पार्टीविहीन महन्थ". Online Khabar. Retrieved 13 August 2021.


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