Purna Bahadur Khadka

Purna Bahadur Khadka is a Nepali politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress, who previously served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and as Minister for Home and Defence at two different times. A six time parliamentarian Khadka has been working at strength of acting president of Nepali Congress party.

In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he won the election from Surkhet 1 (constituency). He was elected as Vice President of the Nepali Congress on 14th general convention of Nepali Congress held from December 13 to 15 in Kathmandu.

Political career Khadka has long been active in national politics. He won the Surkhet-1 seat to the House of Representatives in the 2022 general election, defeating CPN-UML candidate Dhruba Kumar Shahi by 11,619 votes.

During his tenure at Defence, Khadka publicly emphasised the strategic importance of the ministry within Nepal’s post-earthquake reconstruction and federal transition context, and pledged to strengthen institutional performance. He left office in March 2024 after a subsequent reshuffle.

Electoral history 2022 general election

2017 general election

2013 Constituent Assembly election

1999 general election

1994 general election

1991 general election