When Hikmat Kumar Karki, who was appointed the Chief Minister in Koshi last week, expanded the cabinet on Friday, Bandana Jhangad also became the Minister of State. She has created history as the first minister from the minority Jhangad community.

In the ten-member cabinet, MP Bandana of the Maoist Center got the responsibility of Minister of State for Tourism, Forests and Environment. Until Friday morning, she was unaware of becoming a minister. But, suddenly in the afternoon, she was surprised when the responsible leader of the party told her to be ready to take oath. "One day I thought I would definitely become a minister", she said happily, "but I never thought it would happen so soon."

She said that because the party has entrusted the responsibility, it will be carried out with honesty. There are many challenges. I will try to break it and move on", said Jhangad.

He has a plan to do special work in the preservation of the customs and lifestyle of his community. She also said that it is for her to develop and promote the arts and culture of other communities in the province.   

In the latter part of the 12-year armed people's war, i.e. in 2060, she joined the Maoists and worked as a full-time worker for about three years. Lived underground. Although she did not go to the war front with weapons, she was committed to the organizational responsibility of the party. 

In 2070, in the House of Representatives and in the State Assembly in 2074, she did not become a member of Parliament, but she became a State Member of Parliament for the third time. 

After the House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections held on November 4, 2079, he was made proportional MP by the Maoist Center as a representative of the minority community.

37-year-old Jhangad has also made history as the youngest MP of Koshi state assembly. Bandana, who was born on 15 June 2043 in Jhapa's then Topagachi-1 (currently Kamal Rural Municipality 1), had her primary education in the local Nagendra Secondary School. 

childhood was spent in poverty. Belonging to a poor tribal community, she lost her mother at a young age. However, working father Kulwa Jhangad did not let her lack a mother . Even though he was teaching his daughter till class 9, she suddenly joined the Maoist side. Belonging to the unit committee of Aneraswaviyu (revolutionary), she dropped out of school at the age of 17 and went underground.

The Jhangad community lives in Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari districts of the east. According to scholar Sunil Ulak  The population of Jhangad community, also known as Dhangar, is decreasing recently.