Chandra Kant Raut | |
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चन्द्रकान्त राउत | |
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.