title: Trilochan Bhatta
text: # Trilochan Bhatta
  
  Trilochan Bhatta (Nepali: त्रिलोचन भट्ट) is a Nepalese politician and former Chief Minister of Sudurpashchim Province, a province in far-western Nepal. He was unanimously selected Parliamentary Party leader of Communist Party of Nepal for Sudurpashchim pradesh on 12 February 2018. He was appointed as the chief minister, according to Article 168 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal and took the oath of his office and secrecy as a chief minister on 17 February 2018.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Trilochan Bhatta was born in Phaledi (now K.I. Singh Rural Municipality), Doti, Nepal to Prasad Bhatta and Sharada Devi Bhatta.
  
  