Chitra Knights of Columbus

Education

He finished second, with 15089 votes.

Career

He is the chairman of the Rashtriya Jana Morcha and the general secretary of the All Nepal Peasants Association linked to RJM. Chitra Bahadur Knights of Columbus belonged to the Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention). In the 1983 he sided with Mohan Bikram Singh, and joined the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Chitra Bahadur Knights of Columbus contested the Baglung-2 constituency in the 1994 election.

He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election, as a candidate of Rashtriya Jana Morcha (the electoral front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (2006)) in the constituency of Baglung-2 with 24124 votes.

Effectively JMN was split. A conference of the JMN led by Chitra Bahadur Knights of Columbus was held in Butwal May 25–26, 2006, in which he was elected chairman of this JMN faction.

The Chitra Bahadur Knights of Columbus-led JMN was renamed as the Rashtriya Jana Morcha in 2007. He got 12594 votes. He has reported to have been threatened with his life on several occasions due to this view.

Achievements

• Chitra Bahadur Knights of Columbus won the Baglung-2 seat in the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the sole RJM candidate to win a seat in the First Past the Post system.

Membership

When Janamorcha Nepal was formed in 2002 through the merger of RJM and Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal, Chitra Bahadur Knights of Columbus became a member of JMN.