CK Raut
Chandra Kant Raut | |
|---|---|
| चन्द्रकान्त राउत | |
Raut in 2022 | |
| Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha | |
| In office 22 December 2022 – 12 September 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Upendra Yadav |
| Constituency | Saptari 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chandra Kant Raut 31 August 1977 |
| Citizenship | Nepali |
| Party | Janamat Party |
| Education | PhD |
| Alma mater | Tribhuvan University University of Tokyo Cambridge University |
Chandra Kant Raut (Nepali: चन्द्रकान्त राउत; born August 31, 1977), popularly known as Dr. CK Raut, is a scientist, Nepalese Member of Parliament (MP), computer engineer, former United States Defense programmer, author, politician, activist. He is a gold medalist in the Bachelor of Engineering from Pulchowk Campus, a central campus of Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University. He was active in the Alliance for Independent Madhesh, to establish a country for the Madhesi people. However, he surrendered before the Nepalese state in 2018 and chose to participate in mainstream politics. In 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as a member of the Pratinidhi Sabha, the lower house of Parliament .
In the past, he was frequently placed under house-arrest by the authorities. He quit the movement for another single country and joined the mainstream politics forming Janamat Party in 2019.