The Nepali Congress is a social democratic political party in Nepal and become the largest party in the country. The party has 870,106 members as of the party's 14th general convention in December 2021, making it the largest party by membership in Nepal. In June 2023, the party started online membership since the emergence of youth leaders in vital posts to attract youths to the party. The party is led by former prime minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba since the party's thirteenth general convention in 2016. The party won 89 seats in the 2022 general election and is currently the largest parliamentary group in the House of Representatives.
Sher Bahadur Deuba 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 five terms as prime minister and is the Member of Parliament for the parliamentary constituency of Dadeldhura 1.
Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala, affectionately known as Girija Babu, was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the Prime Minister of Nepal on four occasions: from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and 2006 to 2008. He was the Acting Head of State of Nepal between January 2007 and July 2008 as the country transitioned from a monarchy to a republic.
Nepali Congress (Democratic) (Nepali: नेपाली काँग्रेस (प्रजातान्त्रिक) was a political party in Nepal, which was formed due to a vertical split of the original Nepali Congress. The Nepali Congress (Democratic) was led by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, while the original was led by Girija Prasad Koirala.
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai also known as Kishunji was a Nepalese political leader. He was one of the main leaders involved in transitioning Nepal from an absolute monarchy to a democratic multi-party system.
General elections were held in Nepal on 12 May 1991, to elect 205 members to the House of Representatives. The elections were the first multi-party elections since 1959. The 1990 Nepalese revolution successfully made King Birendra to restore a multi-party system after King Mahendra had established the Rastriya Panchayat when he dissolved the parliament in December 1960.
Bhattarai or Bhattrai is brahmin and Chettri of Nepal
Ganesh Man Singh was the leader of the democratic movement of 1990 in Nepal. He is revered as the Father of Democracy and the Iron-man of Nepali politics. He joined Praja Parishad to protest against the autocratic rule of the Ranas.
Sushil Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier served in various capacities in the party.
Dhyan Govinda Ranjit a.k.a. Dhyan Govinda Ranjitkar is a Nepalese politician and a leader of Nepali Congress. He is a member of Nepalese constituent assembly/Nepalese Parliament. Ranjit has twice been elected to the Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Kathmandu constituency on two consecutive elections. He is an elected member of Nepali Congress parliamentary party working committee representing Province-3. He was a representative of Nepali Congress in work editing committee. He is the Past President of Kathmandu District Committee of Nepali Congress.
Bahun, also known as Hill Brahmins, are a Brahmin varna among the Khas of Nepal. They are Sub caste of the Kanyakubja Brahmin while their origins are from Kannauj and the Himalayan belt of South Asia. According to the 2011 Nepal census, Bahun is the second most populous group after Chhetri.
General elections were held in Nepal from 18 February to 3 April 1959 to elect the 109 members of the first House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Nepal. They were held under the provisions of the 1959 constitution, which had been adopted on 12 February. More than 4.25 million people out of an overall population of about 8.55 million (1954) were eligible to vote. Voter turnout was 42.18%.
Marshall Julum Shakya was a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepali Congress. He was a founder member of Nepal Student Union established in March 1970. He spent 15 years in prison during the panchayat regime. As of 1988, he was the president of the Kathmandu District of Nepali Congress. During the 1990 Jana Andolan he was the convenor of the Central Action Committee of Nepali Congress, and one of the most prominent party leaders not under arrest.
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, professionally known as Krishna Dharabasi is a Nepali writer, novelist and literary critic. He has written multiple essays, short stories, poems and novels. He won the Madan Puraskar for his novel Radha in 2005. Jhola, one of his short stories has been adapted into a film of the same title. He is known for using meta-writing style in his fictional works.
Krishna Bhusan Bal was a Nepalese poet known primarily for simplifying poetry for its readers at a time when poets were inclined to grandiloquence. Carving emotions into words is considered to be one of Bal's most intricate qualities. Bal's personality is often compared to a poem, indifferent to race, caste, religion, and politics.
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Kishor Nepal is a Nepalese journalist and writer. He worked for and groomed Kantipur and Nagarik Nepalese publications.
Nepali National Congress was a political party in Nepal that was founded in 1947. The party was founded to protest the Rana rule in Nepal. Dilli Raman Regmi, B. P. Koirala, Matrika Prasad Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Mahendra Narayan Nidhi were founding members of the party.
The Krishna Prasad Bhattarai cabinet was formed on 31 May 1999 after Nepali Congress leader Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was appointed as the prime minister by King Birendra following the 1999 election. The cabinet was reshuffled on 30 June 1999.
