Dhanusha District,,a part of Madhesh Province,is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. It is situated in the Outer Terai. The district,with Janakpurdham as its district headquarter,covers an area of 1,180.7 km2 (455.9 sq mi) and has a population (2021) of 838,084.
Bimalendra Nidhi is a Nepali politician who serves as a member of the House of Representatives and a senior leader of Nepali Congress. He is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal. Nidhi has also served as the Vice-president and General secretary of Nepali Congress,for tenures of four consecutive years each.
Dhanauji is a rural municipality in Dhanusha District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal established in 2073. As of 2011 Nepal census,it has a population of 22,395. It was formed by joining Jhojhi Kataiya,Lakhauri,Bahuarba and former Dhanuji Village development committees. The total area of Nagarain municipality is 22 km2.
Mukhiyapatti Musharniya is a rural municipality in Dhanusha District in Province No. 2 of south-eastern Nepal established in 2073 BS. As of 2011 Nepal census,it has a population of 25,482. It was formed by joining Tulsiyahi Nikas,Tulsiyani Jabdi,Baheda Bela and former Mukhiyapatti Musharniya Village development committees. The total area of Nagarain municipality is 26.84 km2.
Madhesh Province is a province of Nepal in the Terai region with an area of 9,661 km2 (3,730 sq mi) covering about 6.5% of the country's total area. It has a population of 6,126,288 as per the 2021 Nepal census,making it Nepal's most densely populated province and the smallest province by area. It borders Koshi Pradesh to the east and the north,Bagmati Province to the north,and India’s Bihar state to the south and the west. The border between Chitwan National Park and Parsa National Park acts as the provincial boundary in the west,and the Kosi River forms the provincial border in the east. The province includes eight districts,from Parsa in the west to Saptari in the east.
General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives,the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal.
The Madhesh Provincial Assembly is a unicameral governing and law making body of Madhesh Province,one of the seven Provinces in Nepal,The assembly is seated in the provincial capital at Janakpur in Dhanusha District. The assembly has 107 members,64 of whom are elected through single-member constituencies and 43 of whom are elected through the party list proportional representation system. They are elected for five-year terms unless the assembly is dissolved earlier.
The Raut Cabinet is the Council of Ministers headed by Mohammad Lalbabu Raut in Madhesh Province,Nepal. Mohammad Lalbabu Raut from Federal Socialist Forum,Nepal was sworn in the Chief Ministers of Madhesh Province in February 2018. Present arrangement of cabinet is the result of talk between two Former Deputy Prime Ministers,PSP-N President Upendra Yadav and Nepali Congress Vice-president Bimalendra Nidhi who have strong hold in this region from their respective parties.
The Janamat Party is a Nepalese political party. The party stands as a national party in Nepal and is the eighth-largest party since the 2022 general election.
Birendra Prasad Singh is a Nepalese politician who is Minister of Health and Population of Madhesh Province. Singh is also a member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province and was elected to the 2017 provincial assembly elections from Sarlahi-4(A).
Om Prakash Sharma is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress and Minister for Energy and Drinking water since 9 June 2021. He is also serving as member of the Madhesh Province Provincial Assembly.
Ram Krishna Yadav is a Nepali politician of the Nepali Congress and was Agriculture minister in the Deuba cabinet. He is also a central committee member of the Nepali Congress and one of the rising youth politicians of the party. He has also served as member of the 1st Constituent Assembly and 2nd Constituent Assembly from Dhanusha-2. He joined Deuba cabinet on 26 July 2017 as Minister for Agriculture Development. In the 2022 Nepalese general election,he was elected as the member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal.
Mahendra Yadav is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress and former Minister of Water Supply and Sanitation in Deuba cabinet. He is also Deputy general secretary of Nepali Congress.
Chandra Mohan Yadav is a Nepali politician of Nepali Congress and member of Nepalese Constituent Assembly from Dhanusha 5. He is also central committee member of Nepali Congress. Yadav is the son of Ram Baran Yadav,the first president of Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. In the party,Yadav is one of the closest to vice president Bimalendra Nidhi.
Satrughan Mahato is a Nepalese politician belonging to CPN. He is the incumbent minister of Madhesh Province government. He is member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province.
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 five female members and an additional three female members from the Dalit and minority community to the municipal executive.
Shiv Chandra Chaudhary is a Nepalese politician from Nepali Congress. Chaudhary is a resident of Nagarain,who is elected member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province.
The first Koshi Provincial Assembly was elected by the 2017 provincial elections. 93 members were elected to the assembly,56 of whom were elected through direct elections and 37 of whom were elected through the party list proportional representation system. The term of the assembly started on 5 February 2018 and ended in September 2022. Sher Dhan Rai and Bhim Acharya served as chief ministers from CPN and Rajendra Kumar Rai served as chief minister from CPN during the term of the assembly. Pradeep Kumar Bhandari served as the speaker of the assembly and Saraswati Pokharel served as deputy speaker.
The 2nd Madhesh Provincial Assembly was elected through the provincial elections held on 20 November 2022. The assembly has 64 constituency seats in which members are elected through direct elections and 43 proportional representation party list seats. The term of the assembly is 5 years unless dissolved earlier. The first session of the assembly started from 2 January 2023.
Sanjay Kumar Mahato is a Nepalese politician belonging to the Nepali Congress. He is a member of Provincial Assembly of Madhesh Province. Yadav was elected via 2022 Nepalese provincial elections from Dhanusha 1(A).
