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{{short description|Nepali politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = [[Honourable]]
| honorific_prefix   =  
| name               = Bal Krishna Khand
| name               = Bal Krishna Khand
| native_name       = बालकृष्ण खाँड
| native_name         = बालकृष्ण खाँण
| office             = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Home Minister of Nepal]]
| image              = Bal Krishna Khand.jpg
| term_start         = 12 July 2021
| image_size          =
| term_end           =  
| office             = [[Minister of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal]]
| president         = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| term_start         = 12 July 2021
| primeminister     = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| term_end           = 26 December 2022
| predecessor       = [[Bishnu Prasad Paudel]]
| president           = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| successor         =  
| primeminister       = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| office1            = [[Ministry of Defence (Nepal)|Defence Minister of Nepal]]
| predecessor         = [[Bishnu Prasad Paudel]]
| 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>
| successor           =  
| office1            = [[Minister of Defence (Nepal)|Defence Minister of Nepal]]
| term_start1        = 26 August 2016<ref>{{cite web|title=13 new ministers take oath from President|date=26 August 2016 |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
| term_end1          = 31 May 2017
| president1         = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| president1         = [[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
| primeminister1      = [[Puspha Kamal Dahal]]
| primeminister1      = [[Puspha Kamal Dahal]]
| predecessor1        = [[Bhim Bahadur Rawal]]
| predecessor1        = [[Bhim Bahadur Rawal]]
| successor1          = [[Bhimsen Das Pradhan]]
| 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>
| office2            = [[Ministry of Irrigation (Nepal)|Minister of Irrigation of Nepal]]<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|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043333/http://en.people.cn/90001/90777/90851/6762840.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| term_start2        = 25 May 2009
| term_start2        = 25 May 2009
| term_end2          = 6 February 2011
| term_end2          = 6 February 2011
| president2         = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| president2         = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]
| primeminister2      = [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]]
| primeminister2      = [[Madhav Kumar Nepal]]
| party             = [[Nepali Congress]]
| office3            = [[Pratinidhi Sabha|Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha]] for<br/>[[Nepali Congress]] [[party list]]
| nationality       = [[Nepal]]i
| term_start3        = 4 March 2018
| term_end3          = 18 September 2022
| office4            = [[Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Member of Constituent Assembly]]
| term_start4        = 28 May 2008
| term_end4          = 14 October 2017
| constituency4      = [[Rupandehi 3 (constituency)|Rupandehi]]
| predecessor4        = [[Surya Prasad Pradhan]]
| successor4          = [[Ghanashyam Bhusal]]
| office5            = [[Pratinidhi Sabha|Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha]]
| term_start5        = May 1991
| term_end5          = August 1994
| constituency5      = [[Rupandehi 3 (constituency)|Rupandehi]]
| predecessor5        = ''Constituency established''
| successor5          = [[Modanath Prasrit]]
| party              = [[Nepali Congress]]
| otherparty          = [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]]
| nationality         = [[Nepal]]i
| birth_date          = {{birth-date and age|June 1960}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Syangja]], [[Nepal]]
| spouse              =
| parents            = Noindra Khand (father)
Topkumari Khand (mother)
}}
}}


'''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>
'''Bal Krishna Khand''' ({{langx|ne|बालकृष्ण खाँण}}) is a former,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2023-05-11|title=Bal Krishna Khad Fraud Report|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2023/05/11/pressure-mounts-on-the-government-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-fake-refugee-scam|access-date=2023-05-11|website=eKantipur|language=en}}</ref> [[Nepal]]ese politician, former [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Home Minister of Nepal]] and a convict of the [[Bhutanese refugees scam]]. Khand is a central working committee member of the [[Nepali Congress]] party. Khand also served as the Defense Minister of Nepal under the  [[Second Dahal cabinet]].<ref name="News24 : Premium News Channel-2021">{{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 ==
== 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)&#93;<!-- Bot generated title --></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)<!-- Bot generated title --> |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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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.
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)<!-- Bot generated title --> |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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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<!-- Bot generated title -->]</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" />
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 portfolio Home Minister.<ref name="News24 : Premium News Channel-2021" />
 
He is married to [[Manju Khand]].<ref name="np01">{{Cite web |title=पक्राउ पुर्जी जारी नहुँदै बालकृष्ण खाणकी कान्छी श्रीमती ‘फरार’, सिड्नी पुगेको खुलासा |url=https://www.nepalpress.com/2023/05/15/326297/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Nepal Press |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== Bhutanese Refugees Scam ==
{{Main article|Bhutanese refugees scam}}
On May 13, 2023, Khand was arrested by the Kathmandu Police Circle at his residence in Mainjubahal for his alleged involvement in the [[Bhutanese refugees scam]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Home Minister Khand arrested from his residence |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/140271/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=My Republica |language=en}}</ref>


== Electoral history ==
== Electoral history ==
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|[[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal]]
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|Ram Avatar Yadav
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| 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>
| colspan="4" |Source: NepalNews<ref>{{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>
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|[[Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party (2007)|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party]]
|Shiva Kumar Tharu Chaudhary
|Shiva Kumar Tharu Chaudhary
|1,645
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Bal Krishna Khand
बालकृष्ण खाँण
Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal
In office
12 July 2021 – 26 December 2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded byBishnu Prasad Paudel
Defence Minister of Nepal
In office
26 August 2016[1] – 31 May 2017
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterPuspha Kamal Dahal
Preceded byBhim Bahadur Rawal
Succeeded byBhimsen Das Pradhan
Minister of Irrigation of Nepal[2]
In office
25 May 2009 – 6 February 2011
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterMadhav Kumar Nepal
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha for
Nepali Congress party list
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded bySurya Prasad Pradhan
Succeeded byGhanashyam Bhusal
ConstituencyRupandehi
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
May 1991 – August 1994
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byModanath Prasrit
ConstituencyRupandehi
Personal details
BornJune 1960 (1960-06) (age 66)[3]
Syangja, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
Other political
affiliations		Nepali Congress (Democratic)
Parent(s)Noindra Khand (father) Topkumari Khand (mother)

Bal Krishna Khand (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is a former,[4] Nepalese politician, former Home Minister of Nepal and a convict of the Bhutanese refugees scam. Khand is a central working committee member of the Nepali Congress party. Khand also served as the Defense Minister of Nepal under the Second Dahal cabinet.[5]

Political life[edit | edit source]

Khand was the president of the NC youth wing, Nepal Tarun Dal.[6] 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.[7][8] NC(D) later merged back with NC, though. After the royal coup d'état, Khand was arrested and jailed.[9] In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election and 2013 Constituent Assembly election he was elected from the Rupandehi-3 constituency.[10] In the 2017, NC-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 portfolio Home Minister.[5]

He is married to Manju Khand.[11]

Bhutanese Refugees Scam[edit | edit source]

Main article: Bhutanese refugees scam

On May 13, 2023, Khand was arrested by the Kathmandu Police Circle at his residence in Mainjubahal for his alleged involvement in the Bhutanese refugees scam.[12]

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

2013 Constituent Assembly election[edit | edit source]

Rupandehi-3
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bal Krishna Khand 18,481
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Ghanshyam Bhusal 18,395
Rastriya Janamukti Party Jham Bahadur Gurung 4,620
UCPN (Maoist) Bharat Aryal 3,897
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal (Democratic) Sant Prasad Chaudhary 1,891
Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal Ram Avatar Yadav 1,063
Others 2,225
Result Congress hold
Source: NepalNews[13]

2008 Constituent Assembly election[edit | edit source]

Rupandehi-3
Party Candidate Votes
Nepali Congress Bal Krishna Khand 16,790
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Lila Giri 15,458
CPN (Maoist) Tej Kumari Paudel 11,554
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Shiva Kumar Tharu Chaudhary 1,645
Independent Yam Bahadur Pun 1,336
Others 5,017
Invalid votes 2,035
Result Congress hold
Source: Election Commission[14]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "13 new ministers take oath from President". The Himalayan Times. 26 August 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Backgrounder: Nepali cabinet member list". People.cn. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  3. ↑ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in नेपाली). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  4. ↑ "Bal Krishna Khad Fraud Report". eKantipur. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "देउवा सरकारको ४ मन्त्रीहरुको बायोडाटा". News24 : Premium News Channel. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  6. ↑ [1]Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine Local News [The Kathmandu Post (Nepal)]
  7. ↑ "Local News The Rising Nepal (Daily)". Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
  8. ↑ Who's who - Nepali Times
  9. ↑ Newsbrief
  10. ↑ Election Commission of Nepal
  11. ↑ "पक्राउ पुर्जी जारी नहुँदै बालकृष्ण खाणकी कान्छी श्रीमती 'फरार', सिड्नी पुगेको खुलासा". Nepal Press. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  12. ↑ "Former Home Minister Khand arrested from his residence". My Republica. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
  13. ↑ "Nepalnews.com – News from Nepal as it happens". 2015-03-25. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  14. ↑ "Ca Election report". 2009-10-03. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-15.

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