a Ambika Sanba is a Nepalese politician. He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in 1994 and 1997 election, as the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) candidate in the Taplejung-2 constituency. After the election Sanba was named Minister for Population and Environment in the CPN (UML) cabinet of Man Mohan Adhikari. In August 2005, after having been missing for seven months, Sanba's family notified the press that he had joined the underground Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).