Chakka Bahadur Lama

Chakka Bahadur Lama
छक्क बहादुर लामा
Member of Parliament,
Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 17 September 2022
Preceded byJeevan Bahadur Shahi
Succeeded byTsering Damdul Lama
ConstituencyHumla 1
In office
May 1991 – August 1994
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byChakra Bahadur Shahi
ConstituencyHumla 1
Personal details
Born
Tsewang Lama

(1959-04-25) 25 April 1959 (age 65)
Bargaun, Humla District
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)
Other political
affiliations		CPN (Maoist Centre)
Samyukta Janamorcha
SpouseRikjan Lama
Parents
  • Takpa Tsyoden Lama (father)
  • Nagderma Lama (mother)

Chakka Bahadur Lama (Nepali: छक्क बहादुर लामा) (born Tsewang Lama[1] Nepali: छेवांग लामा) is a Nepalese politician belonging to CPN (UML). He had previously served as a member of parliament in the 2nd House of Representatives and the 1st Federal Parliament for Humla 1.[2][3]

Early life and education

Chakka Bahadur Lama was born in Bargaun in Humla District on 25 April 1959 to Takpa Tsyoden Lama and Nagderma Lama.[4] His father, Takpa, was a Nyingmapa Lama and also the village physician. He has five brothers and three sisters. He completed his bachelor's degree in law and master's degree in sociology and anthropology from Tribhuvan University.[5]

Political career

In 1981 he became a central committee member of the All Nepal National Free Students Union (Sixth), the student union of CPN (Masal). He became the District in-charge for Humla District for CPN (Masal) in 1985.[6] In the 1991 general elections, he was elected to the House of Representatives from Humla 1 for the electoral front of CPN (Unity Centre), Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal of which he was a central committee member. He won the elections by 8 votes.[6] After the end of his term in 1994, he did not contest the mid-term elections and managed the Humla Conservation and Development Committee, a non-governmental organisation.[1] In 2005 he was appointed as a state minister for Local Development in the cabinet appointed by King Gyanendra.[7][8]

He rejoined the CPN (Maoist) at the start of the peace process in 2006 as a central committee member. He contested in the 2nd Constituent Assembly elections in 2013 for the Unified CPN (Maoist) but lost the elections. He stood in the 2017 general elections as an independent from Humla 1 and won the elections by 47 votes.[3][7] He was a politburo member of the CPN (Maoist Centre) at the time and the party suspended him for contesting against the candidate of the left alliance.[9][6] He served as a member of the State Management and Good Governance Committee of the 5th House of Representatives.[10]

He joined CPN (UML) on 3 October 2022 and contested the 2022 provincial elections for Karnali from Humla 1 (B), but lost to incumbent chief minister Jeevan Bahadur Shahi by a margin of over 4,000 votes.[11][12]

Personal life

Lama is married to Rikjan Lama. His daughter was part of the People's Liberation Army during the Nepalese Civil War and was killed in Mugu District during the war.[9] Lama is multilingual and knows five languages.[6]

He was awarded the Provincial Talent Award for Karnali Province for contributions to literature in cultural research on the occasion of 206th Bhanu Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Bhanu Bhakta Acharya, a poet of Nepali language.[13] Lama features prominently in Places in Knots (2022), Martin Saxer's anthropological study of remoteness and connectivity in the Nepal Himalayas.[14]

Electoral history

Year Office Electorate Party Main opponent Votes for Lama Result
Total P.
1991 Representative Humla 1 Samyukta Janamorcha Chakra Bahadur Shahi 4,695 1st Won
2013 Constituent Humla 1 UCPN (Maoist) Jeevan Bahadur Shahi 4,759 3rd Lost
2017 Representative Humla 1 Independent Mangal Bahadur Shahi 8,491 1st Won
2022 Province MPA Humla 1 (B) CPN (UML) Jeevan Bahadur Shahi 2,979 2nd Lost

Publications

  • 2002 Kailash Mandala: A Pilgrim's Trekking Guide[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Formet MP missing after 'arrest'". Nepali Times. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  2. ^ "Left alliance wins five seats in Province 6, leading vote count". The Himalayan Times. 8 December 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Chhakka Bahadur pulls off surprise win in Humla". The Kathmandu Post. 2017-12-09.
  4. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  5. ^ "Team – Institute for Socio Cultural Research and Analysis". Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. ^ a b c d महतारा, नवराज (2017-12-08). "सबैलाई छक्क पार्दै ४७ मतले विजयी भए छक्कबहादुर" [Shocking everyone Chakka Bahadur wins by 47 votes]. Annapurna Post (in Nepali). Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  7. ^ a b c Mulmi, Amish Raj (2018-11-04). ""It's difficult to govern a place if you don't understand its ecology"". The Record. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. ^ "New cabinet appointments". Nepali Times. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  9. ^ a b "माओवादीमै फर्किएर गणतन्त्रमा पनि मन्त्री बन्न चाहन्छु : छक्कबहादुर लामा" [I wish to return to the Maoists and become a minister in the republic too: Chakka Bahadur]. Janaboli (in Nepali). 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  10. ^ "राज्य व्यवस्था तथा सुशासन समिति" [State Affairs and Discipline Committee]. House of Representatives, Nepal. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  11. ^ "छक्कबहादुर लामा एमाले प्रवेश गर्दै". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  12. ^ "NC's Jivan Bahadur Shahi wins from Humla 'B'". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
  13. ^ "42 litterateurs awarded, Rastrakavi feted on Bhanu Jayanti". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-15. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  14. ^ Saxer, Martin (2022). Places in Knots: Remoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas and Beyond. Cornell University Press.