Chandra Kant Raut | |
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| चन्द्रकान्त राउत | |
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| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 22 December 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Upendra Yadav |
| Constituency | Saptari 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chandra Kant Raut 31 August 1977 Mahadeva, Saptari, Nepal |
| Citizenship | Nepali |
| Political party | Janamat Party |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University University of Tokyo Cambridge University |
Chandra Kant Raut (Nepali: चन्द्रकान्त राउत), popularly known as Dr. CK Raut, is a Nepalese Member of Parliament (MP), computer engineer, former United States Defense programmer, author, politician, activist. He is a gold medalist in the Bachelor of Engineering from Pulchowk Campus, a central campus of Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University. He was active in the Alliance for Independent Madhesh, to establish a country for the Madhesi people.[1] However, he surrendered before the Nepalese state in 2018 and chose to participate in mainstream politics. In 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha, or the lower house of Parliament .
In the past, he was frequently placed under house-arrest by the authorities.[2][3] He quit the movement for another single country and joined the mainstream politics forming Janamat Party in 2019.
- ^ "" मुख्य समाचार " :: नेपाल ::". Ekantipur.com. 24 May 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ "Police intrudes Dr. Raut's privacy and security keeping him under 24 hours surveillance : July 3, 2015 ". Asian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ "Police going berserk in Nepal's Terai : July 29, 2015". Asian Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 1 September 2015.