Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar () is a Nepalese politician and veteran leader of the Nepali Congress. He has served five terms as deputy prime minister of Nepal under the government of Madhav Kumar Nepal , Baburam Bhattarai, KP Oli, Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sher Bahdur Deuba. He was the second vice-president of Nepali Congress. Political career. In April 2008, he won the Constituent Assembly election, 2013 with 23769 votes. Gachhadar was previously in the Madhesi people forum and Nepali Congress (Democratic), and was Minister of Water Resources. Gachhadar was formally expelled from Nepali Congress in March 2008, by that  time he had already joined PRF. He was subsequently appointed as Minister and sworn in on 22 August 2008. On 4 June 2009 he was appointed as the deputy prime minister for the first time keeping in consideration his contribution to establish Madhav Kumar Nepal's administration. Again as per the poll in the cabinet, he was again appointed as the Deputy Prime minister and Minister of Home Affair in the government led by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai. On 16 Oct 2017 his party Nepal Democratic Forum merged with Nepali Congress. Gachhadar returned to his old party after 11 years . After this, he was nominated Vice-president of Nepali Congress where he worked alongside Bimalendra Nidhi till 2021. Electoral history. Gachhadar is one among the few leader who has never lost any election.