Abhishek Pratap Shah

Abhishek Pratap Shah (Nepali: अभिषेक प्रताप शाह, born 1 October 1982) is a Nepalese politician belonging to Nepali Congress. He serves as the member of parliament for Kapilvastu 3. He was previously a member of the first and second Constituent Assembly of Nepal representing Kapilvastu 5.

Abhishek Pratap Shah
अभिषेक प्रताप शाह
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
4 March 2018
Preceded byBrijesh Kumar Gupta
ConstituencyKapilvastu 3
Member of Constituent Assembly for Kapilvastu 5
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Personal details
Born (1982-10-05) 5 October 1982[1]
Rautahat District
CitizenshipNepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
(2017–present)
Other political
affiliations		RPP (until 2008)
MJFN (2008–15)
FSFN (2015–17)
SpouseMinakshi Singh Shah
Children3
Parents
  • Ajay Pratap Shah (father)
  • Sarojani Shah (mother)

Personal life

Shah has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Babu Banarasi Das National Institute of Technology and Management in Lucknow.

Political career

In January 2008, Shah was nominated to the interim parliament, taking the seat of his deceased father Ajay Pratap Shah who was an MP for the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[2] In March 2008 he resigned from the interim legislature, and joined the Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal.[2] In the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Kapilvastu 5 constituency, winning 15,694 votes.[3] Shah was the youngest member elected to the 1st Constituent Assembly of Nepal.[4][5] He was re-elected from the same constituency in the 2013 Constituent Assembly elections.

In 2017 he left the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal and joined Nepali Congress ahead of the 2017 general election. He was elected from Kapilvastu 3 securing 20,001 votes. He was a member in the Industry, Commerce, Labour and Consumer Welfare Committee of the House of Representatives.[6]

References
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  1. संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. "Six NC MPs, one from RPP defect". Kantipuronline.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  3. "Election Commission of Nepal". Election.gov.np. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  4. "Youngest CA member to go on fast-unto-death". 2012-02-24. Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  5. Chapagain, Kiran; Yardley, Jim (2010-05-27). "Deadlock Pushes Nepal to Brink of a Political Crisis". The New York Times.
  6. "उद्योग तथा वाणिज्य र श्रम तथा उपभोक्ता हित समिति". hr.parliament.gov.np. Retrieved 2020-12-22.


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