| Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | |
| Native Name: | विजय कुमार गच्छदार |
| Office1: | Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal[1] |
| Term Start1: | 25 May 2009 |
| Term End1: | 6 February 2011 |
| President1: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Primeminister1: | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| Term Start2: | 4 September 2011 |
| Term End2: | 14 March 2013 |
| President2: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Primeminister2: | Baburam Bhattarai |
| Term Start3: | 12 October 2015 |
| Term End3: | 4 August 2016 |
| President3: | |
| Primeminister3: | KP Oli |
| Term Start4: | 8 May 2017 |
| Term End4: | 31 May 2017 |
| President4: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Primeminister4: | Puspa Kamal Dahal |
| Term Start5: | 7 June 2017 |
| Term End5: | 15 February 2018 |
| President5: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Primeminister5: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| Office6: | Minister for Physical Planning and Transport |
| Termstart6: | 18 August 2008 |
| Termend6: | 25 May 2009 |
| Primeminister6: | Puspa Kamal Dahal |
| President6: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Termstart7: | 25 May 2009 |
| Termend7: | 6 February 2011 |
| Primeminister7: | Madhav Kumar Nepal |
| President7: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Termstart8: | 12 October 2015 |
| Termend8: | 4 August 2016 |
| Primeminister8: | KP Oli |
| President8: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Office9: | Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development |
| Termstart9: | 8 May 2017 |
| Termend9: | 31 May 2017 |
| Primeminister9: | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| President9: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Termstart10: | 7 June 2017 |
| Termend10: | 15 February 2018 |
| Primeminister10: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
| President10: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
| Office11: | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Termstart11: | 4 September 2011 |
| Termend11: | 14 March 2013 |
| Primeminister11: | Baburam Bhattarai |
| President11: | Ram Baran Yadav |
| Predecessor11: | Krishna Bahadur Mahhara |
| Successor11: | Madhav Ghimir |
| Office12: | Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start12: | 4 March 2018 |
| Term End12: | 17 September 2022 |
| Predecessor12: | Himself |
| Constituency12: | Sunsari 3 |
| Term Start13: | May 1991 |
| Term End13: | May 2002 |
| Predecessor13: | Constituency created |
| Successor13: | Himself |
| Constituency13: | Sunsari 2 |
| Office14: | Member of the Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start14: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End14: | 14 October 2017 |
| Predecessor14: | Himself |
| Successor14: | Himself |
| Constituency14: | Sunsari 3 |
| Office: | Vice-President of the Nepali Congress |
| Alongside: | Bimalendra Nidhi |
| Term Start: | 2018 |
| Term End: | 16 December 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Ram Chandra Paudel |
| Successor: | Dhanraj Gurung |
| Office15: | Chairperson of the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) |
| Term Start15: | 2008 |
| Term End15: | 2017 |
| Predecessor15: | Party created |
| Successor15: | Party dissolved(merger with Rastriya Janamukti Party (Democratic) Nepal and Dalit Janajati Party, Nepal)[2] |
| Office16: | Chairperson of the Nepal Loktantrik Forum |
| Term Start16: | 5 April 2017 |
| Term End16: | 16 October 2017 |
| Predecessor16: | Party created |
| Successor16: | Party dissolved(joined Nepali Congress) |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1954[3] |
| Birth Place: | Sunsari, Nepal |
| Nationality: | Nepalese |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Otherparty: | Nepali Congress (before 2008) Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (2008-2009) Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) (2009-2017) Nepal Democratic Forum |
| Spouse: | Nirmala Gachchhadar |
| Blank1: | Ethnicity |
| Data1: | Tharu |
Bijay Kumar Gachhadar (Nepali: बिजयकुमार गच्छदार; born February 1, 1954) is a Nepalese politician and leader of the Nepali Congress. He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of Madhav Kumar Nepal, Baburam Bhattarai, KP Sharma Oli, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahadur Deuba. He was the second vice-president of Nepali Congress.[4]
In April 2008, he won the Constituent Assembly election, 2013 with 23769 votes.[5] Gachhadar was previously in the Madhesi people forum and Nepali Congress (Democratic), and was Minister of Water Resources.[6] Gachhadar was formally expelled from Nepali Congress in March 2008, by that time he had already joined PRF.[7] He was subsequently appointed as Minister and sworn in on 22 August 2008.[8] On 4 June 2009 he was appointed as the deputy prime minister for the first time keeping in consideration his contribution to establish Madhav Kumar Nepal's administration.[9] Again as per the poll in the cabinet, he was again appointed as the Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Home Affair in the government led by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai.[10] On 16 Oct 2017 his party Nepal Democratic Forum merged with Nepali Congress. He was nominated Vice-president of Nepali Congress alongside Bimalendra Nidhi till 2021.
He was suspended from member of parliament on 5 February 2020 due to corruption charges.[11]
| Sunsari 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 38,972 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 38,651 | ||
| Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal | Padma Kumar Adhikari | 1,854 | ||
| Independent | Mohammad Nasiruddin Miya | 1,063 | ||
| Others | 839 | |||
| Invalid votes | 3,655 | |||
| Result | Congress gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
| Sunsari 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 17,524 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Bhagwati Chaudhary | 17,162 | ||
| Nepali Congress | Goma Kumari Parajuli (Ansari) | 7,865 | ||
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Ranjit Gosai | 2,435 | ||
| UCPN (Maoist) | Haider Ali Miya | 1,099 | ||
| Others | 3,482 | |||
| Result | MJFN (D) gain | |||
| Source: NepalNews[12] | ||||
| Sunsari 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 23,769 | ||
| Nepali Congress | Agam Lal Chuadhary | 10,806 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Shri Kumari Tharuni | 5,723 | ||
| CPN (Maoist) | Ram Kumari Chaudhary | 5,071 | ||
| CPN (Marxist–Leninist) | Krishna Lal Das Tharu | 1,194 | ||
| Rastriya Janamukti Party | Sajjan Rishidev | 1,191 | ||
| Others | 3,821 | |||
| Invalid votes | 3,071 | |||
| Result | MJFN gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission[13] | ||||
| Sunsari 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 27,527 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Rewati Raman Bhandari | 23,339 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rohit Bahadur Karki | 3,639 | ||
| Others | 2,192 | |||
| Invalid Votes | 1,483 | |||
| Result | Congress hold | |||
| Source: Election Commission[14] [15] | ||||
| Sunsari 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 21,963 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Kuldeep Peshkar | 10,708 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Tek Chandra Bishwakarma | 9,509 | ||
| Others | 2,172 | |||
| Result | Congress hold | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
| Sunsari 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Bijay Kumar Gachhadar | 27,775 | ||
| CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) | Lila Shrestha | 15,885 | ||
| Result | Congress gain | |||
| Source: http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf | ||||