Sita Badi

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Sita Badi
Official portrait, 2026
Minister of Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 May 2026
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterBalendra Shah
Preceded byPosition established
Ministerial positions
Minister of Women, Children and Senior Citizens
In office
27 March 2026 – 14 May 2026
PresidentRam Chandra Poudel
Prime MinisterBalendra Shah
Preceded byShraddha Shrestha
Succeeded byMinistry dissolved
(succeeded by Ministry of Women, Children, Gender and Sexual Minorities and Social Security)
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 March 2026
ConstituencyParty list
Personal details
Born1995 (age 30–31)
Birendranagar, Surkhet
CitizenshipNepali
PartyRastriya Swatantra Party
SpouseSuresh Purkuti
Parents
  • Gopal Badi (father)
  • Parbati Badi (mother)
  • Puspalal Memorial College (BA)

Sita Badi is a Nepalese politician from the marginalized Badi community and serving as a minister of women, children and senior Citizens under the prime minister, Balen Shah.[1][2] She became the first person from this community to serve as a federal minister in Nepal.[3]

She is a member of parliament from the Rastriya Swatantra Party.[4]

Political career

Badi was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha from Rastriya Swatantra Party at the 2026 general election. She was elected from the party list under the Dalit female cluster.

References

  1. "15 ministers in Balendra Shah Cabinet finalised". kathmandupost.com. 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  2. "Meet the five women ministers in Balen-led cabinet". OnlineKhabar English News. 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  3. "Sita Badi becomes first minister from Badi community". Khabarhub. 27 March 2026. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
  4. Shahi, Tripti (21 March 2026). "खोला किनारमा संघर्ष गर्दै संसद् यात्रा तय गरेकी सीता बादी" [Sita Badi, who made her way to Parliament by struggling on the banks of a river]. Ekantipur (in Nepali). Retrieved 27 March 2026.