Karananda Upreti, better known as K. N. Upreti is an Indian politician in

Sikkim Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...

Political career

K. N. Upreti took part in the 1973 democratic movement against Chogyal Dynasty of Sikkim. From 1974 to 1975, he was the general secretary of Sikkim Student Association,

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. From 1976 to 1977, he was the president of

National Students' Union of India The National Students' Union of India (NSUI) is the student wing of the Indian National Congress. It was established on 9 April 1971, founded by Indira Gandhi after merging the Kerala Students Union and the West Bengal State Chhatra Parishad ...

(NSUI) for Sikkim. In 1977, K. N. Upreti became the general secretary of Janata Party, Sikkim Unit under

Kazi Lhendup Dorjee Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (11 October 1904 – 28 July 2007), also spelled Lhendup Dorji or Lhendup Dorji Khangsarpa was an Indian politician who was the first chief minister of Sikkim from 1975 to 1979 after its union with India. He was the first Pri ...

. In 1978, he seceded from Janata Party, and joined

Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) Sikkim Congress (Revolutionary) was political party in the Indian state of Sikkim in 1979–1981. The president of the party was Ram Chandra Poudyal. In the state assembly elections of 1979, SCR(R) won eleven seats (of 32) and became the largest f ...

(SCR) under Bhim Bahadur Gurung ( B. B. Gurung) as the general secretary of it. In 1979 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, Upreti stood as the candidate of SCR from Rhenock constituency, and won in the melee among 10 candidates. By 1985 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, K. N. Upreti had transferred to

Sikkim Sangram Parishad Sikkim Sangram Parishad is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. In 1979, after a period of instability, a ministry headed by Nar Bahadur Bhandari from Sikkim Janata Parishad party gained power in Sikkim. In 1984, Bhandari dis ...

(SSP) which was led by

Nar Bahadur Bhandari Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of the state of Sikkim from 1979 to 1994. He briefly served as Member of Parliament representing Sikkim Lok Sabha constituency f ...

. Upreti won the seat from Rhenock again. In 1989 Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, he won such seat third times. He served the Minister for Law, Education, Sports, UD & HD, Food & Civil Supplies, Culture,

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( Nar Bahadur Bhandari ministry). In

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, K. N. Upreti won the seat from Rhenock fourth times, but SSP was beaten by

Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. It was the ruling party in Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019. History The party was founded by Pawan Kumar Chamling in 1993. It has ruled the ...

(SDF) which was led by

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. In 1998, Upreti followed Nar Bahadur Bhandari, joined

Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee The Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee (SPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Sikkim, India. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting ...

(SPCC. Sikkim branch of

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(INC)) as the vice president of it. In

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, Upreti did not contest any constituency, meanwhile Bhandari stood as INC candidate from Rhenock constituency and won the seat. In

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, K. N. Upreti stood as the candidate of INC from Rhenock, but he was defeated by the candidate of SDF, Bhim PD. Dhungel. In 2009 Sikkim Lok Sabha election, Upreti stood as the candidate of INC again, but he became the runner-up candidate again. In 2010, Upreti came to a rupture with the SPCC president, Nar Bahadur Bhandari. Finally, on March 26, 2011, Upreti and six other leaders was expelled from SPCC by Bhandari. In December 2017, K. N. Upreti joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with 2 former SDF State Ministers, Ran Bahadur Subba (R.B. Subba) and Birbal Limboo. However, in August same year, Upreti transferred to

Hamro Sikkim Party Hamro Sikkim Party ( HSP) ( English: Our Sikkim Party) was a regional political party (State Party (Unrecognized)) in the Indian state of Sikkim. The incumbent president of this party is Bhaichung Bhutia. Its election symbol is a Whistle. Histo ...

(HSP) which was led by

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. Upreti was appointed to the advisor of HSP. In February 2019, Upreti seceded from HSP with acting president of HSP, R.B. Subba and some other leaders. They explained one of the major reasons for quitting from HSP, namely nomination of

Bina Basnett Bina Basnett is an Indian politician in Sikkim and the president of Hamro Sikkim Party (HSP). Political career Bina Basnett completed her schooling in 2003 from Gangtok Deorali Girls SSS, she pursued her MBBS from SMIMS Tadong (CRH). After co ...

as the party president. In addition, they insisted that 80% of party workers of HSP favored to nominate Upreti as the party president. Upreti, Subba and other leaders joined SDF.

Electoral record

;

Sikkim Legislative Assembly The Sikkim Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Sikkim state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Gangtok, the capital of the Sikkim state. History Sikkim became the 22nd state of India by ...

election ; Lok Sabah election, Sikkim

References

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