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Hikmat Bahadur Rawal

हिक्मतबहादुर रावल

General Manager, Gorkhapatra Corporation

In office Reported

Institution: Gorkhapatra Corporation
Appointed by: Government
Date: 2 July 2026
Government: Balen Shah government

On 2 July 2026 Hikmat Bahadur Rawal was appointed general manager of Gorkhapatra Corporation. He was selected from a shortlist of 10. But because he is a former Galaxy Television colleague of RSP chair Rabi Lamichhane, critics on social media said he was hired on familiarity.