Kamala Roka | |
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कमला रोका | |
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
In office 4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Constituency created |
Succeeded by | Purna Bahadur Gharti |
Constituency | Eastern Rukum 1 |
Member of Constituent Assembly for CPN (Maoist) party list | |
In office 28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012 | |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] | 4 January 1976
Nationality | Nepali |
Political party | CPN (Maoist Centre) |
Spouse | Ganeshman Pun |
Children | 2 |
Parents |
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Kamala Roka (Nepali: कमला रोका) is a Nepali communist politician, former sports minister and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal.[2]
She joined the maoist insurgency dropping out of school while a tenth grader.[3] After the maoists joined the peace process, she went back and completed high school.[3]
She became the Minister for Youth and Sports in the Bhattarai cabinet.[3][4]
In the 2017 legislative election, she was elected from East Rukum-1 constituency under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system, representing CPN (Maoist Centre) of the left alliance.[3][5] She defeated her nearest rival Hari Shankar Gharti of Nepali Congress, acquiring 10,434 to Gharti's 4,406.[3][5] She was one of only six women to be elected to parliament under the FPTP system in that election.[6]
She was the secretariat member of Maoist Centre, and "In-charge" of the party's women department before the party merged with CPN UML to form Nepal Communist Party (NCP).[3] Following the merger, she represents the new party in parliament, and is also the district "Co-Incharge" of the party for East Rukum.[7]