Bimalendra Nidhi (
Maithili/
Nepali
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: बिमलेन्द्र निधि ) is a Nepali politician who serves as a member of the
House of Representatives
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and a senior leader of
Nepali Congress
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. He is the former
Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
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and Minister of Home Affairs of
Nepal
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. Nidhi has also served as the Vice-president and General secretary of
Nepali Congress
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, the governing party of the
Nepal
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for tenures of four consecutive years each.
Personal life
Born to one of the founders of Nepali Congress
Mahendra Narayan Nidhi and Prem Sagari Nidhi, Bimalendra Nidhi is the second son in the family.
Nidhi family are residents of
Nagrain Municipality, Dhanusha.
Political career
Bimalendra Nidhi joined student politics at the age of 14, after witnessing the arrest of his father.
He is the former President of the
Nepal Students Union(N.S.U), the student wing of
Nepali Congress Party
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.
He was only 23 when he led the union at national level appointed and favored by
BP Koirala during
1980 Nepalese governmental system referendum
A referendum on the system of government was held in Nepal on 2 May 1980. Voters were offered the choice between a non-partisan '' panchayat'' system and a multi-party system. The ''panchayat'' system received a slim majority of 54.99%, whereas ...
.
He was elected vice-president of
Nepali Congress
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Party on 4 May 2021.
He is the former 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 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 served as
Deputy Prime-minister of Nepal in
Puspa Kamal Dahal second cabinet with Home minister portfolio. He led 15 ministers from
Nepali Congress
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in the
Second Dahal cabinet as a part of power sharing. He has also served as ''
Acting prime-minister of Nepal''.

He was arrested time and again for his political views, most notably in the People's Movement of 1990 when he was in his early 30's and then in Janandolan II while he was in his 40s. He has spent seven years in prison in total.
Nidhi was an elected twice as member to the Constituent Assembly from
Dhanusha 3 of
Dhanusha District
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. He also served as member of House of Representatives from 1994 to 2008 as representative from
Dhanusha 4.
Nidhi, a close confidant of prime minister
Sher Bahadur Deuba
Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served ...
fielded candidacy for the post of party president leaving the camp in the
14th general convention of Nepali Congress
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. He was able to gerner nearly 6% voters opening the way for second round of election as
Deuba who obtained 48% votes was unable to cross 50% mark even after joining hands with leader
Krishna Prasad Sitaula. Later, Deuba asked Nidhi and
Prakash Man Singh
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for their support and both leaders in absence of an alternative agreed to support
Deuba.
In
2022 Nepalese general election
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, he chose to stand as a candidate for the
House of Representatives
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from Proportional Representation list. He was elected as a member of House of Representatives from PR list of Nepali Congress on 14 December 2022.
Electoral history
1994 Legislative Election
Dhanusha-4
1999 Legislative Election
Dhanusha-4
2008 Constituent Assembly Election
Dhanusha-3
2013 Constituent Assembly Election
Dhanusha-3
2017 House of Representatives Election
Dhanusha-3
Education
He earned his M.A in Political Science from
Tribhuvan University
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.
See also
*
Ram Saroj Yadav
*
2022 Janakpur municipal election
Municipal election for Janakpur took place on 13 May 2022, with all 127 positions up for election across 25 wards. The electorate elected a mayor, a deputy mayor, 25 ward chairs and 100 ward members. An indirect election will also be held to elect ...
*
Om Prakash Sharma
*
Anil Kumar Jha
References
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1956 births
Living people
People from Dhanusha District
Madhesi people
Deputy Prime Ministers of Nepal
Nepali Congress politicians from Madhesh Province
Nepalese Hindus
Government ministers of Nepal
Nepali Congress (Democratic) politicians
Tribhuvan University alumni
Nepal MPs 1991–1994
Nepal MPs 1994–1999
Nepal MPs 1999–2002
Education ministers of Nepal
Nidhi family
Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Nepal MPs 2022–present