Lekh Raj Bhatta

Lekh Raj Bhatta (; born 24 March 1960) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the CPN (UML). Bhatta is a former member of Constituent Assembly and the secretary of CPN (UML).

Political life He also served as Minister for Labour and Transport in the First Dahal cabinet and Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies in the Second Oli cabinet. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, he was elected from the Kailali-5 constituency, winning 17979 votes. Again he served as Member of Constituent Assembly in 2013 from Kailali-5. He was the former Member of House of Representatives elected from Kailali-5.

Personal life He was born on 24 March 1960 to Durga Devi and Dasharath Bhatt.

Political career Bhatta joined politics in 1973 and took the membership of Nepal Communist Party (Fourth Convention) led by Mohan Bikram Singh in 1976. He later joined CPN (Masaal) and CPN (Unity Center) to finally become a full-time member of CPN-Maoist in 1995. He went on to become a central member in 2001 and politburo member. He was jailed for six months during the armed conflict launched by CPN-Maoist.

In the CA Election 2008, Bhatta was elected from Kailali-5 with 17,979 votes. His closest opponent Dirgha Raj Bhatta (NC) received 13,638 votes while Hari Shankar Yogi (CPN-UML) got 7,597 votes to come in third.

Bhatta was appointed as Labor Minister in the government led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'. He looked after the Ministry for Commerce and Supplies in the government led by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. He is the standing committee member of Nepal Communist Party.