| Rabindra Mishra | |
| Native Name: | रवीन्द्र मिश्र |
| Office: | Senior Deputy Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
| Predecessor: | Position created |
| Term Start: | 28 September 2022 |
| Office2: | President of Bibeksheel Sajha Party |
| Term Start2: | 26 July 2017 |
| Predecessor2: | Position created |
| Term End2: | 25 May 2022 |
| Birth Date: | 3 July 1965 |
| Birth Place: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Alma Mater: | Tribhuwan University University of the Punjab University of London |
| Occupation: | Philanthropist, ex-Journalist, Writer, Poet, Politician |
| Party: | Rastriya Prajatantra Party (2022-Present) Bibeksheel Sajha Party (2017-2022) Sajha Party (2017) |
| Office3: | Head of BBC Nepali Service |
| Term Start3: | 2006 |
| Term End3: | 2017 |
Rabindra Mishra (ne|रवीन्द्र मिश्र) is a Nepali philanthropist, ex-journalist, writer, poet, and politician. Currently, Mishra is the Senior Vice-chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party, after having resigned as a general member of Bibeksheel Sajha Party in September 2022.[1]
He earlier resigned as the national president of Bibeksheel Sajha Party in May 2022. He formerly worked as the editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service,[2] and left the BBC in February 2017 to enter Nepalese politics. Mishra is also the founder of the global charity, Help Nepal Network, which has chapters in 14 countries and is run entirely by volunteers.[3]
Mishra received his Master's Degree in English Literature from Tribhuvan University. He then went to University of the Punjab, Pakistan, earning a Master's Degree in journalism. He joined University of London and majored in International Politics.[4] [5]
Mishra worked with Nepal Television and Pakistan's leading English-language daily, The News International. He joined the BBC World Service in 1995 as a producer with BBC Nepali Service. Later he worked on English-language flagship programmes, including World Today and Newshour. He was appointed as the chief editor of BBC Nepali Service in 2006.
On 28 February 2017, Mishra resigned from BBC Nepali to enter politics. He stated that the reason behind his move was to "create a common platform to bring together honest and capable Nepalis from all walks of life for the sake of clean politics to transform Nepal."[6] [7]
The next day, on March 1, Mishra approached the Election Commission with an application to secure the name Sajha Party (ne|साझा पार्टी|lit=Common Party) and a weighing scale as the symbol of his yet-to-be formed political party.[8]
Mishra ran against Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh in the 2017 legislative elections from Kathmandu 1, but was defeated by a margin of 818 votes.[9]
Rabindra Mishra joined the Rastriya Prajatantra Party in September 2022 before the 2022 Nepalese general election.[1] Mishra raced for the second time against Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh in the 2022 election from Kathmandu 1, but got defeated by a narrow margin of 125 votes.[10]
| Kathmandu 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Prakash Man Singh | 7,143 | ||
| Rastriya Prajatantra Party | Rabindra Mishra | 7,018 | ||
| Rastriya Swatantra Party | Pukar Bam | 4,115 | ||
| Others | Shared by CPN-UML and others | |||
| Invalid votes | (Invalid Data by ECN) | |||
| Result | Congress hold | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
| Kathmandu 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
| Nepali Congress | Prakash Man Singh | 10,936 | ||
| Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Rabindra Mishra | 10,118 | ||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Anil Sharma | 5,336 | ||
| Others | 1,292 | |||
| Invalid votes | 593 | |||
| Result | Congress hold | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||