Kamala Roka

Kamala Roka
कमला रोका
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byPurna Bahadur Gharti
ConstituencyEastern Rukum 1
Member of Constituent Assembly for
CPN (Maoist) party list
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Personal details
Born (1976-01-04) 4 January 1976 (age 48)[1]
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (Maoist Centre)
SpouseGaneshman Pun
Children2
Parents
  • Amar Singh Roka (father)
  • Jokhi Roka (mother)

Kamala Roka (Nepali: कमला रोका) is a Nepali communist politician, former sports minister and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2]

Biography

She joined the maoist insurgency dropping out of school while a tenth grader.[3] After the maoists joined the peace process, she went back and completed high school.[3]

She became the Minister for Youth and Sports in the Bhattarai cabinet.[3][4]

In the 2017 legislative election, she was elected from East Rukum-1 constituency under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, representing CPN (Maoist Centre) of the left alliance.[3][5] She defeated her nearest rival Hari Shankar Gharti of Nepali Congress, acquiring 10,434 to Gharti's 4,406.[3][5] She was one of only six women to be elected to parliament under the FPTP system in that election.[6]

She was the secretariat member of Maoist Centre, and "In-charge" of the party's women department before the party merged with CPN UML to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[3] Following the merger, she represents the new party in parliament, and is also the district "Co-Incharge" of the party for East Rukum.[7]

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ "Kamala Roka". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Maoist Centre's Roka wins in Rukum East". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. ^ "Conflict victims still suffering same pain". Setopati. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  5. ^ a b BK, GANESH. "Kamala Roka from Maoist center wins in East-Rukum". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  6. ^ "Few women elected to parliament under FPTP". South Asia Check. 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  7. ^ "NCP appoints 77 districts' incharge". The Himalayan Times. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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