Bimalendra Nidhi

Bimalendra Nidhi (Maithili/Nepali/Devanagari: बिमलेन्द्र निधि), is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal.[9] He is also vice president of the Nepali Congress, the second largest political party of the nation.[10] He has served as minister and member of parliament, and was elected to the Sambidhan Sabha. He is newly elected vice-president of Nepali Congress.[11]

Bimalendra Nidhi
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
In office
4 August 2016[1] – 30 April 2017[2]
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Succeeded byBijay Kumar Gachhadar
Minister for Home Affairs
In office
4 August 2016[1] – 30 April 2017
Prime MinisterPushpa Kamal Dahal
Preceded byShakti Bahadur Basnet
Succeeded byJanardan Sharma[3]
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport[4]
In office
25 February 2014[5] – 12 October 2015
Prime MinisterSushil Koirala
Succeeded byBijay Kumar Gachhadar
Minister for Education and Sports
Minister for Industries, Commerce and Supplies
Minister for General Administration
In office
13 December 1995[6] – 11 March 1997
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Personal details
Born (1956-09-25) 25 September 1956[7]
Janakpur, Dhanusa, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
Spouse(s)Anamika Upasak Nidhi
MotherPrem Sagari Nidhi
FatherMahendra Narayan Nidhi[8]
ResidenceNagrain, Janakpur, Nepal
Alma materTribhuvan University

Personal life

Born in a Maithil ethnic family of Madhesi people to Late Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, new Vice-president of Nepali Congress Party, and his spouse Late Prem Sagari Nidhi, Bimalendra Nidhi is the second son in the family.

Political career
Nidhi meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; August 2016.

Bimalendra Nidhi, popularly known among his colleagues as Bimalji and, also as Nidhiji incidentally the same name that his father was fondly remembered as, who was also a prominent figure in Nepalese Politics renowned as Gandhian Leader of Nepal, started his political career at a young age, witnessing the arrest of his father having sparked the interest in him.

He is the newly elected Vice-president of Nepali Congress Party.

He is the former Party General Secretary of Nepali Congress(Democratic) Party, a faction of Nepali Congress Party before Janandolan II movement citing differences in opinion, later assuming the same post after the two parties merged after the movement, until 2009. He is the former President of the Nepal Students Union(N.S.U), the student wing of Nepali Congress Party.

He has served twice as the Minister for General Administration, once as the Minister for Education and Sports and simultaneously for a period of a month as Minister of Industries, Commerce and Supplies. He also served as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport.

He was arrested time and again for his political views most notably in the People's Movement of 1990 and then the recent Janandolan II, having spent seven years behind bars at different points of time. Nidhi is a firm believer of B.P Koirala's democratic socialism, secularism, federalism, equality and the peaceful process of conflict resolution.

Nidhi was an elected member to the Constituent Assembly (Sambhidan Sabha) from Constituency Number 3 of Dhanusha District. He lost in the 2017 House of Representatives election from Dhanusha-3 to Rajendra Mahato.[12]

Electoral History

2008 Constituent Assembly Election

Dhanusha-3

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
Nepali CongressBimalendra Nidhi15,582Elected
CPN-UMLHari Dev Mandal9,936Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly Election

Dhanusha-3

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
Nepali CongressBimalendra Nidhi15,031Elected
CPN-UMLJulie Kumari Mahato13,539Lost

2017 House of Representatives Election

Dhanusha-3

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
Rastriya Janata Party NepalRajendra Mahato30,750Elected
Nepali CongressBimalendra Nidhi27,847Lost

Education

He earned his M.A in Political Science from Tribhuvan University.

References
  1. Nepal, Review. "Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi vows for sound security". Review Nepal News. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. "DPM Nidhi resigns". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. "Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  4. "SC's stay order to correct 16-pt deal: Minister Nidhi". The Himalayan Times. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  5. "अन्ततः २१ सदस्यीय मन्त्रिमण्डल" [Finally 21 members cabinet]. BBC News नेपाली (in Nepali). Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  6. "Minister and State Ministers" (pdf) (in Nepali). Singhdurbar, Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Information and Communication. 13 December 1995. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. "Bimalendra Nidhi". Vimarshnews. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. "Bimalendra Nidhi". election2013.ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. "Prachanda sworn in Nepal's new Prime Minister". The Hindu. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. Das, Samir Kumar (2005). Peace processes and peace accords. SAGE. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-7619-3391-5.
  11. "Nidhi appointed NC Vice-Prez, Khadka Gen Secy". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  12. "Rajendra Mahato secures victory in Dhanusha-3; defeats Nidhi by 2903 votes". Republica. Retrieved 2 September 2020.


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