Deepak Bohara

Deepak Bohara (Nepali: दिपक बोहरा; 31 March 1951 – 1 April 2025) was a Nepalese politician and member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.^[1] He was elected in 2022 from Rupandehi 3 to the House of Representatives.^[2]

Deepak Bohara
दिपक बोहरा
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office 22 December 2022 – 1 April 2025
Preceded by	Ghanashyam Bhusal
Constituency	Rupandehi 3
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Om Prakash Yadav Gulzari
Succeeded by	Bishnu Prasad Paudel
Constituency	Rupandehi 2
Member of Rastriya Panchayat
In office 1986–1990 Serving with Niranjan Thapa
Constituency	Rupandehi
Personal details
Born	(1951-03-31)31 March 1951 Rupandehi, Nepal
Died	1 April 2025(2025-04-01) (aged 74) Kathmandu, Nepal
Political party	RPP
Other political affiliations	RPP (D)

Political career

Bohora was active in Nepalese politics for four decades as a member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. In 1979, he was elected as a member of the National Panchayat from Rupandehi. He was appointed Assistant Tourism Minister in 1982, and was promoted to State Minister for Tourism in 1984.^[3] He was also victorious in the 1985 National Panchayat elections. In 2013, he was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly from Rupandehi Constituency No. 2.

2013 election

In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Bohora was defeated in Rupandehi-1 by Ghan Shyam Yadav Ahir of the Maoist Center. However, in the 2013 Constituent Assembly election, he won from Constituency No. 2, defeating Ram Krishna Tamrakar of the Nepali Congress.^[4]

2017 election

In the 2017 House of Representatives election, Bohora was defeated by Ghanashyam Bhusal of the CPN-UML. Bhusal had the support of the Maoist Center, while Bohora was backed by the Nepali Congress. In this election, Bohora secured 27,422 votes, challenging the strong left alliance candidate Bhusal, who won with 32,000 votes.^[5][6]

2022 election

Despite having been diagnosed with throat cancer, he successfully contested the election. His condition rendered him unable to speak, he was able to communicate through fellow RPP lawmakers in Parliament.^[7]

Corruption scandal

Bohora was implicated in corruption involving the land procurement by the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation. A parliamentary inquiry into the land deal concluded that as Minister of Supplies, Bohora had embezzled over Rs 1.5 billion from landowners in Jhapa, Sarlahi, Chitwan and Bhairahawa, who had received less than Rs 500 million in total for their land although the NOC had disbursed Rs 2 billion.^[8]

Death

Bohara died in Kathmandu on 1 April 2025, a day after his 74th birthday.^[9] He had been experiencing health issues since contracting COVID-19 in 2020. Though he recovered, the virus left him with serious throat issues that progressively worsened. He was later diagnosed with throat cancer. ^[7] Bohara is survived by his two wives, Manju and Unnati Shila, and his two sons, Gaurav and Prajwal. He also had a daughter, who died in 2024.^[3]