Binita Kathayat

Honourable
Binita Kathayat
बिनिता कठायत
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 December 2022
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
ConstituencyParty List
Personal details
BornJumla District, Karnali Province, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyRastriya Swatantra Party
Parents
  • Amrit Singh Kathayat (father)
  • Kali Kathayat (mother)

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]

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 film Director Role
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 show Channel Role
Parkhal Bahirako Nepal Galaxy 4K TV Costume Stylist

References

  1. ^ "Election Commission Nepal" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-12-20.
  2. ^ "Rastriya Swatantra Party picks 13 proportional representation lawmakers". Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  3. ^ संवाददाता, सञ्चार (2022-12-10). "रास्वपाले टुंग्यायो समानुपातिक सांसद, को–को परे?". देशसञ्चार. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  4. ^ Setopati, प्रशन्न पोखरेल. "यी हुन् राष्ट्रिय स्वतन्त्र पार्टीले छानेका १३ समानुपातिक सांसद, के हो उनीहरूको विगत?". Setopati. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
  5. ^ a b c "विनितालाई अकस्मात् आइलागेको राजनीतिक विरासत". Nepal Live. Retrieved 2022-12-25.