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{{short description|Nepali politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Honourable]]
| name = Bal Krishna Khand
| native_name = बालकृष्ण खाँड
| office = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Home Minister of Nepal]]
| term_start = 12 July 2021
| term_end =
| president = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| primeminister = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| predecessor = [[Bishnu Prasad Paudel]]
| successor =
| office1 = [[Ministry of Defence (Nepal)|Defence Minister of Nepal]]
| term_start1 = 26 August 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=13 new ministers take oath from President|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/13-new-ministers-take-oath-president/|publisher=The Himalayan Times|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>
| term_end1 = 31 May 2017
| president1 = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| primeminister1 = [[Puspha Kamal Dahal]]
| predecessor1 = [[Bhim Bahadur Rawal]]
| successor1 = [[Bhimsen Das Pradhan]]
| office2 = [[Ministry of Irrigation (Nepal)|Nepalese Minister of Irrigation]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list|url=http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90851/6762840.html|publisher=People.cn|accessdate=1 November 2017}}</ref>
| term_start2 = 25 May 2009
| term_end2 = 6 February 2011
| president2 = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| primeminister2 = [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]]
| party = [[Nepali Congress]]
| nationality = [[Nepal]]i
}}

'''Bal Krishna Khand''' ({{lang-ne|बालकृष्ण खाँड}}) is a [[Nepal]]ese politician who has served as the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Home Minister of Nepal]] since 2021. Khand belonging to the [[Nepali Congress]]. Recently, Khand was made Defense Minister of Nepal by the [[Second Dahal cabinet]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2021-07-14|title=देउवा सरकारको ४ मन्त्रीहरुको बायोडाटा|url=https://www.news24nepal.tv/2021/07/14/795909|access-date=2021-07-14|website=News24 : Premium News Channel|language=en}}</ref>

== Political life ==
Khand was the president of the NC youth wing, [[Nepal Tarun Dal]].<ref>[http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2001/nov/nov10/local.htm]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908031521/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/ktmpost/2001/nov/nov10/local.htm |date=2008-09-08 }} Local News [The Kathmandu Post (Nepal)]</ref> When the party was divided in 2003, Khand joined the [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]]. Khand was included in the Central Working Committee of the new party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2003/feb/feb27/local.htm |title=Local News The Rising Nepal (Daily) |access-date=2008-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107200014/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2003/feb/feb27/local.htm |archive-date=2009-01-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/339/FromtheNepaliPress/13310 Who’s who - Nepali Times]</ref> NC(D) later merged back with NC, though. After the royal coup d'état, Khand was arrested and jailed.<ref>[http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/50218/nepalnews0605.pdf Newsbrief]</ref> In the [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] and [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] he was elected from the [[Rupandehi district|Rupandehi]]-3 constituency.<ref>[http://www.election.gov.np Election Commission of Nepal]</ref> In the 2017, [[Nepali Congress|NC]]-[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party|RPP]] formed an alliance when Khand had to leave his constituency to Ex-Forest Minister [[Deepak Bohara]] from [[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]. So, he was elected from the proportional of Nepali Congress.

Born in Syangja in 2017 BS, Khand has been active in politics since 2033 BS. Leading the Nepal Students Union and Nepal Tarun Dal, Khand, who is active in party politics, has previously taken charge of the Ministry of Irrigation and Defense. Khand has been the chief whip of the Nepali Congress, is now holding prtfolio Home Minister.<ref name=":1" />

== Electoral history ==
=== [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly election]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Rupandehi 3 (constituency)|Rupandehi-3]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bal Krishna Khand
|18,481
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|[[Ghanashyam Bhusal|Ghanshyam Bhusal]]
|18,395
|-
| style="background-color:dodgerblue" |
|[[Rastriya Janamukti Party]]
|Jham Bahadur Gurung
|4,620
|-
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|[[UCPN (Maoist)]]
|Bharat Aryal
|3,897
|-
| style="background-color:darkorange" |
|[[Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic)]]
|Sant Prasad Chaudhary
|1,891
|-
| style="background-color:orangered" |
|[[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal]]
|Ram Avatar Yadav
|1,063
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,225
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=2015-03-25|access-date=2020-11-23}}</ref>
|}

=== [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |[[Rupandehi 3 (constituency)|Rupandehi-3]]
|-
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bal Krishna Khand
|16,790
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Lila Giri
|15,458
|-
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|[[Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)|CPN (Maoist)]]
|Tej Kumari Paudel
|11,554
|-
| style="background-color:olivedrab" |
|[[Tarai-Madhesh Loktantrik Party|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party]]
|Shiva Kumar Tharu Chaudhary
|1,645
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|Yam Bahadur Pun
|1,336
|-
|
|Others
|
|5,017
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|2,035
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress hold
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03|access-date=2020-11-15}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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{{Fifth Deuba Cabinet|state=collapsed}}

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