Biraj Bhakta Shrestha
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Biraj Bhakta Shrestha | |
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| विराजभक्त श्रेष्ठ | |
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| Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation | |
| Assumed office 27 March 2026 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Balendra Shah |
| Vice President | Ram Sahaya Yadav |
| Preceded by | Anil Kumar Sinha |
| Minister of Youth and Sports | |
| In office 6 March 2024 – 15 July 2024 | |
| President | Ram Chandra Poudel |
| Prime Minister | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
| Preceded by | Dig Bahadur Limbu |
| Succeeded by | Teju Lal Chaudhary |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2026 | |
| Preceded by | Himself |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 8 |
| In office 22 December 2022 – 12 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Jeevan Ram Shrestha |
| Succeeded by | Himself |
| Constituency | Kathmandu 8 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1981 Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Party | Rastriya Swatantra Party (from 2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Bibeksheel Sajha Party (until 2022) |
| Spouse | Shristi Singh Bhandari |
| Website | birajbhakta |
Biraj Bhakta Shrestha (Nepali: विराजभक्त श्रेष्ठ) is a Nepalese politician and the current Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation. He is a member of Rastriya Swatantra Party. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Kathmandu 8 in the 2022 general elections. He secured victory over the runner-up candidate by a margin of approximately five thousand votes.[1]
In the 2026 Nepalese general election, which took place after the Gen Z revolutions, He won decisively in Kathmandu-8 with 24,592 votes. His nearest rival, Suman Sayami of the Nepali Communist Party, received only 3,217 votes, failing to cross the vote threshold, and all other candidates forfeited their election deposits.[2]
He previously served as a member of the inaugural Bagmati Provincial Assembly from the Bibeksheel Sajha party list.[3][4]
