Hridayesh Tripathi () is a Nepalese politician, from the People's Progressive Party. He is also the current chairman of the party. A former Minister of Health and Population, Tripathi has worked several terms as minister under the government of

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and

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Early life and education

Tripathi was born in

Nawalparasi Nawalparasi District (, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the 75 districts of Nepal before being divided into Parasi District and Nawalpur District in 2015. The district, with Parasi as its ...

to Harishankar Triphati and Kunti Devi. He completed his secondary education in Palpa and studied

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at the Institute of Oriental Studies in the

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Political career

He started his political career in Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamajhi). He unsuccessfully contested the 1986 Rastriya Panchayat elections. After the

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was removed and democracy was re-established in Nepal by the

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, Triphathi joined the

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. He was elected to the

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from Nawalparasi 3 in the 1991 elections and retained his seat in the

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and 1999 elections. In the wake of the Madhesh movement in 2007, Tripathi resigned from the government of Girija Prasad Koirala and formed the

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with

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. He was elected to the

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in the

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from Nawalparasi 6 but failed to retain his seat in the 2013 elections. In 2017, he quit the

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and formed the ''Independent Political Group'' that contested the

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under the election symbol of

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. He was elected to the

from Nawalparasi West 1 and was a member of the

parliamentary party. On 14 December 2021, he announced the formation of People's Progressive Party. He emphasized the need of a party concentrated towards

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, ideological debate and addressing the demands of

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and

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region which were not included in constitution.

Personal life

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

Electoral history

References

1959 births Living people People from Nawalparasi District People's Progressive Party (Nepal) politicians Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Nepal MPs 1991–1994 Nepal MPs 1994–1999 Nepal MPs 1999–2002 {{Gandaki-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party politicians Nepal Sadbhawana Party politicians

Early life and education

Political career

Personal life

Electoral history

See also

References