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Ajay Chaurasiya

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Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya
अजय कुमार चौरसिया
Minister of Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs of Nepal
In office
15 July 2024 – 9 September 2025
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byPadam Giri
Succeeded byOm Prakash Aryal
Member of Parliament, House of Representatvies
In office
22 December 2022 – 12 September 2025
Preceded byBimal Prasad Shrivastav
Succeeded bySushil Kumar Kanu
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byRam Chandra Kushwaha
Succeeded byAjay Kumar Dwivedi
ConstituencyParsa 2
Member of 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
Preceded bySurendra Prasad Chaudhary
Succeeded byRaj Kumar Gupta
ConstituencyParsa 3
Joint General Secretary of Nepali Congress
Assumed office
29 October 2026
PresidentGagan Thapa
Personal details
Born (1965-02-03) 3 February 1965 (age 61)
PartyNepali Congress

Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya (Nepali: अजय कुमार चौरसिया) is a Nepalese politician. He served as the Asst. Minister in the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development from 2001-2002.

Early life

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He was born and raised in Amarpatti, Parsa, and completed his primary and secondary and higher education in Motihari, Bihar.

Career

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He is a politician from the Madhesh Province. He was a Member of Parliament from Nepali Congress in 1999, 2006, 2007 and 2022. He represents the Parsa District, Constituency 2, Birgunj Nepal.[1][2]

In 2001, he was appointed as an Asst. Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development of Nepal in the cabinet of Sher Bahadur Deuba. He took part in the People's Movement (Janandolan 2) and was arrested several times, imprisoned for more than 4 months. Chaurasia was elected as member to the constituent Assembly from Parsa 3 of Parsa District.

He was elected central committee member of Nepali Congress Party in 14th general convention of the party and chief of Terai-Madhesh Coordination Department. In 15th general convention of the party he was elected as Joint General Secretary of the party in October 2026.[3]

References

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  1. ↑ Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "प्रतिनिधिसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र – Election 2017". Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  3. ↑ "सहमहामन्त्री भएसँगै चौरसियाले रचे इतिहास, पहिलो पटक पर्साबाट कांग्रेस पदाधिकारी" (in Nepali). Retrieved 2026-10-31.