Pahal
Mayor
रेणु दाहाल
Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City
Assumed office
25 May 2022
DeputyChitrasen Adhikari
    Preceded byRenu Dahal
    In office
    62017 – 22 April 2022
    DeputyParbati Shah Thakuri
    Succeeded byRenu Dahal
    Constituent Assembly Member (PR)
    In office
    28 May 2008 – 27 May 2012
    Personal details
    Born (1976-07-04) 4 July 1976[1]
    Shivanagar, Chitwan, Nepal[1] [2]
    Political partyCPN (MC)
    SpouseArjun Pathak
    Children2
    Parents

    Renu Dahal (Nepali: रेणु दाहाल) is a Nepalese politician and current Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City.[3][4][5] She joined the CPN (Maoist Centre) party in 1994 and became full timer member of the party in 1996. Dahal is a daughter of the incumbent Prime Minister and chairman of CPN (MC), Pushpa Kamal Dahal.[6] She was the member (Proportional Representation) of First Constituent Assembly of Nepal.

    Early life

    Renu Dahal was born on July 4, 1976, in Bhimsen Nagar of Shivanagar VDC (Now Bharatpur Metropolis) in Chitwan District.[1] She is the second daughter of Pushpa Kamal Dahal (née Prachanda) and Sita Dahal. Dahal has one younger sister, Ganga. Her eldest sister, Gyanu, who died in 2014 and brother, Prakash, who died in 2017.[7]

    CA election

    2013 Constituent Assembly election

    Kathmandu 1
    Party Candidate Votes
    Nepali Congress Prakash Man Singh 15,138
    CPN (Maoist Centre) Renu Dahal 4,064
    Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal Bharat Mani Jangam 3,732
    CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist) Bidhya Neupane 3,501
    Others 2,499
    Result Congress hold
    Source: Election Commission

    2017 Bharatpur municipal election

    2017 election

    She was elected as a Mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan city on August 5, 2017. She secured the Mayoral post by defeating her closet rival of Communist Party of Nepal (UML), Devi Gyawali. Her victory margin was only 203 vote as she polled 43,127 votes to defeat Gyawali 44,924 votes.[8]

    2017 Nepalese local elections
    PartyCandidateVotesStatus
    MCRenu Dahal43,127Elected
    UMLDevi Gyawali42,924Lost

    2022 Bharatpur municipal elections

    CPN (Maoist Centre) had given ticket to Renu Dahal, the daughter of Pushpa Kamal Dahal as mayoral candidate in Bharatpur.

    Pushpa Kamal Dahal gave a threat while speaking in a election centric program in Bharapur. He told country would plunge into a disaster if Nepali Congress supporters don't vote for Maoist’s election symbol in Bharatpur. Dahal in speech added "Let me warn you that if the NC supporters did not vote for the Maoist candidate in Bharatpur this time, possibilities are that the country would plunge into an accident.”[9]

    This speech was highly criticized within and outside Dahal's party. Ganesh Sah, a senior politician of CPN (Maoist Centre) told there was no practice of collective leadership in party and people are well known why Prachanda is much concerned only on Bharatpur.[10] Even party senior leaders including Anjana Bisankhe, Indra Bahadur Angbo criticized hyper activeness of chair Prachanda only in Bharatpur being his and his daughter's constituency.[11]

    Similarly, Nepali Congress leader Jagannath Paudel who stepped as independent mayoral candidate told his win was secure by the speech of Prachanda and no alliance can stop him from win while it's predicted that even would internally support Paudel against Dahal.[12]

    2022 election

    2022 Bharatpur municipal election
    Party Candidate Votes Status
    Nepali Congress

    (Independent)

    		 Jagannath Paudel 14,728
    Maoist Centre Renu Dahal 52,030 Elected
    CPN (UML) Bijay Subedi 39,581

    See also

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "Renu Dahal". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    2. ↑ "Prachanda's daughter battles cancer in India". www.hindustantimes.com. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    3. ↑ "Renu Dahal elected mayor of Bharatpur metropolis". The Himalayan Times. 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    4. ↑ Paudel, Ramesh Kumar. "Renu Dahal elected as mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    5. ↑ "Bharatpur re-election: Renu Dahal turns the tables on Devi Gyawali". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    6. ↑ "Renu Dahal elected mayor of Bharatpur Metropolitan City". Nepali Reporter. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    7. ↑ "Dahal loses only son Prakash". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    8. ↑ Paudel, Ramesh Kumar. "Renu Dahal wins Bharatpur mayoral race". My Republica. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
    9. ↑ "Country will plunge into a disaster if NC supporters do not vote for Maoist's election symbol in Bharatpur, says Prachanda". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
    10. ↑ "Dahal's theatrics and his fixation with Bharatpur stoke discontent in party". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
    11. ↑ SERVICE, HIMALAYAN NEWS (2022-05-06). "Bharatpur mayoral race takes centre stage". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
    12. ↑ "संयुक्त सभापछिको भरतपुर : प्रचण्ड थोरै आश्वस्त, जगन्नाथ आक्रामक". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
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