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{{short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
| image = [[File:Bijay Kumar Gachhadar.jpg]]
| caption = Gachhadar as Home minister and Deputy Prime-minister
| office1 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list|url=http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90851/6762840.html|publisher=People.cn|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>
| term_start1 = 25 May 2009
| term_end1 = 6 February 2011
| president1 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| primeminister1 = [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]]
| term_start2 = 4 Swptember 2011
| term_end2 = 14 March 2013
| president2 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| primeminister2 = [[Baburam Bhattarai]]
| term_start3 = 12 October 2015
| term_end3 = 4 August 2016
| president3 = *[[Ram Baran Yadav]]
* [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| 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 [[Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal)|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]]
* [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| office9 = Minister of [[Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (Nepal)|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 [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Home Affairs]]
| termstart11 = 4 September 2011
| termend11 = 14 March 2013
| primeminister11 = [[Baburam Bhattarai]]
| president11 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| office12 = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]]
| term_start12 = 4 March 2018
| term_end12 =
| predecessor12 = Himself {{small|(as member of the Legislature Parliament)}}
| successor12 =
| constituency12 = [[Sunsari 3 (constituency)|Sunsari-3]]
| office13 =
| term_start13 = May 1991
| term_end13 = April 2008
| predecessor13 = ''Constituency created''
| successor13 = Himself {{small|(as member of the Constituent Assembly)}}
| constituency13 = [[Sunsari 2 (constituency)|Sunsari-2]]
| office14 = Member of the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]] / [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Legislature Parliament]]
| term_start14 = 28 May 2008
| term_end14 = 14 October 2017
| predecessor14 = Himself {{small|(as member of the House of Representatives)}}
| successor14 = Himself {{small|(as member of the House of Representatives)}}
| constituency14 = [[Sunsari 3 (constituency)|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 [[Nepal Loktantrik Forum|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)<ref>{{cite web|title=3 parties merge to form Nepal Democratic Forum|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/3-parties-merge-form-nepal-democratic-forum/|website=THT Online|accessdate=5 June 2017|date=2017-04-05}}</ref>
| 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 = {{birth date and age|1954|2|1|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}
| birth_place = [[Sunsari]], [[Nepal]]
| nationality = [[Nepal]]ese
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| party = [[Nepali Congress]] {{small|(17 October 2017 –present)}}
| 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 people|Tharu]]
}}

'''Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar''' ({{lang-ne|बिजयकुमार गच्छदार}}) is a [[Nepalis|Nepalese]] politician and veteran leader of the [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=OnlineKhabar English News : English Edition|url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=OnlineKhabar English News : English Edition|language=en-GB}}</ref> He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]] , [[Baburam Bhattarai]], [[KP Sharma Oli|KP Oli]], [[Pushpa Kamal Dahal]] and [[Sher Bahadur Deuba|Sher Bahdur Deuba]]. He was the second vice-president of [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=कांग्रेस उपसभापतिमा पूर्णबहादुर खड्का र धनराज गुरुङ निर्वाचित|url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2021/12/15/163958696548034649.html|access-date=2021-12-15|website=ekantipur.com|language=ne}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In April 2008, he won the [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|Constituent Assembly election, 2013]] with 23769 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php |title=Ca Election report |work=Election.gov.np |accessdate=2011-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506033822/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php |archivedate=6 May 2008 }}</ref> Gachhadar was previously in the [[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madhesi people forum]] and [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]], and was Minister of Water Resources.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2001/dec/dec24/index.htm |title=Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily) |publisher=Nepalnews.com.np |date=2001-12-24 |accessdate=2011-12-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719102203/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2001/dec/dec24/index.htm |archivedate=19 July 2008 }}</ref> Gachhadar was formally expelled from [[Nepali Congress]] in March 2008, by that time he had already joined PRF.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/mar/mar20/news04.php|title=Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens|work=nepalnews.com}} {{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref> He was subsequently appointed as Minister and sworn in on 22 August 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/aug/aug22/news07.php |archiveurl=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110224024757/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/aug/aug22/news07.php |archivedate=2011-02-24 |url-status=dead |title=Cabinet formed including MJF, UML fails to join |work=nepalnews.com|date=22 August 2008 }}</ref>
[[File:The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony receiving the Deputy Prime Minister, Home and Defence Minister of Nepal, Mr. Bijay Gachhadar, in New Delhi on January 18, 2012.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony receiving the Deputy Prime Minister, Home and Defence Minister of Nepal, Mr. Bijay Gachhadar, in New Delhi on 18 January 2012]]
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 (government)|administration]].<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2009/jun/jun04/news06.php] {{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref>
[[File:The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Home and Defence Minister of Nepal, Mr. Bijay Gachhadar, in New Delhi on January 18, 2012.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The Defence Minister, Shri A. K. Antony in a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister, Home and Defence Minister of Nepal, Mr. Bijay Gachhadar, in New Delhi on 18 January 2012]]
Again as per the poll in the cabinet, he was again appointed as the [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal|Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Home Affair]] in the government led by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/08/31/top-story/cabinet-fails-to-take-shape/340034.html|title=Cabinet fails to take shape|work=ekantipur.com|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120729050031/http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/08/31/top-story/cabinet-fails-to-take-shape/340034.html|archivedate=29 July 2012}}</ref> On 16 Oct 2017 his party [[Nepal Democratic Forum]] merged with [[Nepali Congress]]. Gachhadar returned to his old party after 11 years. After this, he was nominated [[Nepali Congress|Vice-president of Nepali Congress]] where he worked alongside [[Bimalendra Nidhi]] till 2021.

== Electoral history ==
Gachhadar is one among the few leader who has never lost any election.

=== Election in the 2010s ===
==== [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Sunsari 3 (constituency)|Sunsari 3]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
|38,972
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Bhagwati Chaudhary
|38,651
|-
| style="background-color:#ffc0cb" |
|[[Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal]]
|Padma Kumar Adhikari
|1,854
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|Mohammad Nasiruddin Miya
|1,063
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|839
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|3,655
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: [https://result.election.gov.np/ElectionResultCentral.aspx Election Commission]
|}

==== [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Sunsari 3 (constituency)|Sunsari 3]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:darkorange" |
|[[Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)]]
|Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
|17,524
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Bhagwati Chaudhary
|17,162
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Goma Kumari Parajuli (Ansari)
|7,865
|-
| style="background-color:orangered" |
|[[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal]]
|Ranjit Gosai
|2,435
|-
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|[[UCPN (Maoist)]]
|Haider Ali Miya
|1,099
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|3,482
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |MJFN (D) gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25}}</ref>
|}

=== Election in the 2000s ===
==== [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Sunsari 3 (constituency)|Sunsari 3]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:orangered" |
|[[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal]]
|Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
|23,769
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Agam Lal Chuadhary
|10,806
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Shri Kumari Tharuni
|5,723
|-
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist)]]
|Ram Kumari Chaudhary
|5,071
|-
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) (2002)|CPN (Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Krishna Lal Das Tharu
|1,194
|-
| style="background-color:dodgerblue" |
|[[Rastriya Janamukti Party]]
|Sajjan Rishidev
|1,191
|-
|
|Others
|
|3,821
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|3,071
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |MJFN gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}}</ref>
|}

=== Election in the 1990s ===
==== [[1999 Nepalese legislative election|1999 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Sunsari 2 (constituency)|Sunsari 2]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
|27,527
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Rewati Raman Bhandari
|23,339
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Rohit Bahadur Karki
|3,639
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,192
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid Votes
|1,483
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref>
|}

==== [[1994 Nepalese legislative election|1994 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Sunsari 2 (constituency)|Sunsari 2]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
|21,963
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Kuldeep Peshkar
|10,708
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Tek Chandra Bishwakarma
|9,509
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,172
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive" />
|}

==== [[1991 Nepalese legislative election|1991 legislative elections]] ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Sunsari 2 (constituency)|Sunsari 2]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
|27,775
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepal Communist Party}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Lila Shrestha
|15,885
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: [http://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/election_1991_constituency_results_english.pdf]
|}

== See also ==
*[[Kamal Thapa]]
*[[Bimalendra Nidhi]]
*[[Prakash Man Singh]]
*[[Gopal Man Shrestha]]
*[[Upendra Yadav]]
*[[Ram Chandra Poudel]]
*[[Gopal Dahit]]
*[[Jitendra Narayan Dev]]
*[[Ram Janam Chaudhary]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Deputy Prime Ministers of Nepal]]
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