Krishna Kumar Karki
Krishna Kumar Karki | |
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कृष्णकुमार कार्की | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Rishikesh Pokharel |
| Constituency | Morang 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1985 |
| Citizenship | Nepalese |
| Party | Rastriya Swatantra Party (2026 – present) |
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| Profession | Politician |
Krishna Kumar Karki (Nepali: कृष्णकुमार कार्की) is a Nepalese politician of Rastriya Swatantra Party, currently serving as a member of parliament.[2][3] He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal from the Morang 2 parliamentary constituency in the 2026 Nepalese General Election. He secured 40,924 votes and defeated Dilip Kumar Agrawal of the CPN (UML).[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Karki was born in Ratuwamai, Morang, on December 6, 1985. He was born to Chandra Bahadur Karki.[1] After spending 12 years in Japan, he returned to Nepal and opened a hotel in Kathmandu.[5]
Politics
[edit]He began his political journey by joining the Rastriya Swatantra Party in 2026. He contested the 2026 Nepalese general election from the Morang 2 constituency and won by a margin of 25,300 votes. He defeated former Defence minister, Minendra Rijal of the Nepali Congress and Dilip Kumar Agrawal, mayor of Rangeli Municipality of the CPN (UML).[6]
Controversies
[edit]On January 21, 2026, he filed his candidacy for member of parliament from Rastriya Swatantra Party at Election Office, Morang.[7] An allegations surfaced online after the nomination regarding his involvement in the 2025 Nepalese Gen Z protests, igniting controversy across social media platforms and online news portals.[8][9][10]
Electoral performance
[edit]| Election | Year | Constituency | Contested for | Political party | Result | Votes | % of votes | Ref. | |
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| Nepal general election | 2026 | Morang 2 | Pratinidhi Sabha member | Rastriya Swatantra Party | Won | 40,924 | 54.72% | [11] | |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Krishna Kumar Karki - Nepal Election 2082 - Latest Election Updates And Results for Federal Parliament". Ekantipur Election.
- ↑ "RSP's Karki elected from Morang-3". GorakhaPatra. March 7, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ "Rastriya Swatantra Party's Ganesh Karki Wins Morang Constituency-2 Seat by Wide Margin in House of Representatives Election". Ratopati. March 7, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ "RSP clean sweeps all six constituencies in Morang district". The Himalayan Times. March 8, 2026. Archived from the original on 2026-03-08. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- 1 2 Thapa, Uddab (March 11, 2026). "40 of 165 directly elected MPs have business backgrounds". Nepal News. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
Krishna Kumar Karki, who won from Morang-2, returned to Nepal after living in Japan for about 12 years. After returning from abroad, he started a hotel business in Kathmandu.
- ↑ "Most Local Officials Who Resigned to Contest Federal Elections Fail to Secure Seats". Ratopati. March 9, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-25.
- ↑ Subed, Binod (January 21, 2026). "मोरङमा ११८ जनाको उम्मेदवारी (फोटोफिचर)" [Candidacies Filed by 118 Individuals in Morang (Photo Feature)]. Nagarik News (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ "जापानबाट रविविरुद्ध लेखेको स्टाटस नहटाई रास्वपाबाट उम्मेदवार बनेका कृष्णकुमार" [Krishna Kumar becomes RSP candidate without removing status against Ravi from Japan]. Nepal Press (in Nepali). January 27, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ Budhathoki, Kishor (February 26, 2026). "'देश जलाउने'हरु मोरङमा रास्वपाका उम्मेदवार !" [RSP candidates in Morang: The ones who ‘burn the country’!]. Muluki Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ "RSP lawmaker Krishna Kumar Karki goes viral amid controversy over media report". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2026-09-24.
- ↑ "मोरङ–२ मा रास्वपा उम्मेदवार कृष्णकुमार कार्की विजयी, काँग्रेसका डा.मिनेन्द्र रिजाल तेस्रो" [RSP candidate Krishna Kumar Karki wins in Morang-2, NC's Dr. Minendra Rijal comes third]. pradeskhabar.com (in Nepali). March 7, 2026. Retrieved 2026-09-24.