Hridayesh Tripathi

Hridayesh Tripathi
हृदयेश त्रिपाठी
Chairman of People's Progressive Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 December 2021
Preceded byPosition created
Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies
In office
2006–2008
PresidentGyanendra of Nepal
Prime MinisterGirija Prasad Koirala
Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs
In office
4 September 2011 – 14 March 2013
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterBaburam Bhattarai
Minister of Federal Affairs and General Administration
In office
21 November 2019 – 25 December 2020
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Oli
Preceded byLal Babu Pandit
Minister of Health and Population
In office
25 December 2020 – 4 June 2021
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli
Preceded byBhanu Bhakta Dhakal
Succeeded byBirodh Khatiwada
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
In office
4 March 2018 – 18 September 2022
ConstituencyNawalparasi West 1
In office
May 1991 – May 2002
ConstituencyNawalparasi 3
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2012
ConstituencyNawalparasi 6
Personal details
Born (1959-06-18) June 18, 1959 (age 65)[1]
Parsauni, Nawalparasi, Nepal
Political partyPeople's Progressive Party
Other political
affiliations		Nepal Sadbhawana Party(1991-2006)
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party(2007-2017)
CPN (UML)(2017-2021)

Hridayesh Tripathi (Nepali: हृदयेश त्रिपाठी) is a Nepalese politician, from the People's Progressive Party. He is also the current chairman of the party.[2]

A former Minister of Health and Population, Tripathi has worked several terms as minister under the government of Nepali Congress and CPN (UML).[3]

Early life and education

Tripathi was born in Nawalparasi to Harishankar Triphati and Kunti Devi. He completed his secondary education in Palpa and studied political science at the Institute of Oriental Studies in the Soviet Union.[4][5][6]

Political career

He started his political career in Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamajhi). He unsuccessfully contested the 1986 Rastriya Panchayat elections. After the non-partisan panchayat system was removed and democracy was re-established in Nepal by the 1990 Nepalese revolution, Triphathi joined the Nepal Sadbhawana Party. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Nawalparasi 3 in the 1991 elections and retained his seat in the 1994 and 1999 elections.[6]

In the wake of the Madhesh movement in 2007, Tripathi resigned from the government of Girija Prasad Koirala and formed the Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party with Mahantha Thakur. He was elected to the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly in the 2008 elections from Nawalparasi 6 but failed to retain his seat in the 2013 elections.[6]

Hridayesh Tripathi meeting with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Dr. C.P. Joshi, to discuss issues regarding roads and infrastructure in Nepal, in New Delhi on October 21, 2011

In 2017, he quit the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and formed the Independent Political Group that contested the 2017 elections under the election symbol of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist).[7] He was elected to the House of Representatives from Nawalparasi West 1 and was a member of the CPN (UML) parliamentary party.[2]

On 14 December 2021, he announced the formation of People's Progressive Party. He emphasized the need of a party concentrated towards agrarianism, ideological debate and addressing the demands of Madhesh and Tharuhat region which were not included in constitution.[2]

Personal life

Tripathi is married to Shobha Tripathi with whom he has two daughters and a son.[4]

Electoral history

Year Office Electorate Party Main opponent Votes for Tripathi Result
Total % P.
1991 Representative Nawalparasi 3
Nepal Sadbhawana Party 16,707 41.8% 1st Won
1994 Representative Nawalparasi 3
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Triyugi Narayan Chaudhari 15,297 35.7% 1st Won
1999 Representative Nawalparasi 3
Nepal Sadbhawana Party Triyugi Narayan Chaudhari 18,133 37.0% 1st Won
2008 Constituent Nawalparasi 6
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Devkaran Prasad Kalwar 10,029 25.0% 1st Won
2013 Constituent Nawalparasi 6
Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party Devkaran Prasad Kalwar 8,424 23.1% 2nd Lost
2017 Representative Nawalparasi West 1
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) Devkaran Prasad Kalwar 38,592 51.0% 1st Won
2017 Representative Nawalparasi West 1
People's Progressive Party (Nepal) Binod Chaudhary 22,328 31.0% 2nd Lost

See also

References

  1. ^ संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  2. ^ a b c "Hridayesh Tripathi announces new Janata Pragatishil Party". 14 December 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-19.
  3. ^ "Hridayesh Tripathi". Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका [Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet] (PDF) (in Nepali). Nepal: Federal Parliament Secretariat. 2021. p. 270.
  5. ^ Lal, C. K. "When dreams sag". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  6. ^ a b c "हृदयेश त्रिपाठी: नेकपा रायमाझी समूहदेखि प्रगतिशील पार्टीसम्म". Himal Khabar. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  7. ^ Republica. "Five leaders including Tripathi quit RJP; to contest election with 'sun'". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-06-09.


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