The Nepali Congress is the oldest democratic socialist political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country. The party has 870,106 members as of the party's 14th general convention in December 2021 making them the largest party by membership in Nepal. Currently the party has started online membership since the emergence of youth leaders in vital post to bring youths into the party.
The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (Nepali:नेपालकम्युनिष्टपार्टी(एकीकृतमार्क्सवादी-लेनिनवादी),romanized: nēpāla kamyuniṣṭa pārṭī(ēkīkr̥ta mārksavādī-lēninavādī);abbr. CPN (UML)) is a communist political party in Nepal. The party emerged as one of the major parties in Nepal after the end of the Panchayat era.
Biratnagar is a metropolitan city in Nepal,which serves as the capital of Koshi Province. With a Metropolitan Urban Agglomeration population of 756,000 as per the 2022 census,it is the largest city in the province and also the headquarters of Morang district. As per the preliminary report of 2022 Nepal census,Biratnagar Metropolitan has an estimated city population of 756,000,including the population of connected towns like Katahari,Tankisinuari,etc. It is the administrative center of the Greater Birat Development Area which incorporates the cities of Biratnagar-Itahari-Gothgau-Biratchowk-Dharan primarily located on the Koshi Highway in Eastern Nepal,with an estimated total urban agglomerated population of 804,300 people in 159,332 households including the town of Ithari. Biratnagar is located 399 km (248 mi) east of the capital,Kathmandu,and 6 km (3.7 mi) north of the bordering town of Jogbani in the Indian state of Bihar.
Bara District is one of the seventy–seven districts of Nepal,located in the western part of the Madhesh Province. The district is third richest district in Nepal after Kathmandu and Morang with 3.3% share of total GDP of Nepal and highest per capita income in Madhesh province. Kalaiya serves as the district's headquarter. Bakaiya,Jamuniya,Pasaha,Dudhaura and Bangari are the main rivers of Bara. The main languages spoken in the district are Bhojpuri,Bajjika,Tharu and Nepali.
Neer Bikram Shah,also known as Nir Shah,is a Nepalese film actor,director,producer,poet,songwriter,and businessman. He is considered one of the leading actors in Nepali cinema history and an actor with multiple identities. He is related to the royal family of Nepal.
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.
Karna Das,is a Nepali musician,singer,songwriter,lyricist,composer,and record producer. Das is regarded as the "living legend" of the Nepali music landscape. He is revered for his soothing and melodious timbre and also for his distinct songwriting attributed with immense depth and earnestness. His lyrics spans topics such as philosophical and existential issues of mankind,perseverance,overcoming ordeals,lamentation,hope,anti-fatalism,and patriotism.
Shailaja Acharya was a Nepali revolutionary,politician and diplomat. She served as The Prime Minister of Nepal for three months in 1998,She also was the first Nepali woman to be elected as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
Constituent Assembly elections were held in Nepal on 19 November 2013. The vote was repeatedly delayed,having previously been planned for 22 November 2012 following the dissolution of the 1st Constituent Assembly on 27 May 2012,but it was put off by the election commission. The Nepali Congress emerged as the largest party in the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly,winning 196 of the 575 elected seats.
Karna Shakya is a Nepalese environmentalist,conservationist,hotel entrepreneur,writer and philanthropist. Shakya is a forester by academic qualification. He served as a wildlife officer and pioneered in establishing the first National Park in Nepal. He resigned from his government job,entered the tourism business in 1970,and now owns a chain of eco-friendly hotels in major touristic cities like Kathmandu,Pokhara,chitwan and Lumbini.
Bal Bahadur KC was a former minister of Nepal. Currently,he is the member of working committee of Nepali Congress. He has a great influence in Nepali congress Party as well as Nepali Politics.
Laxman Lal Karna is a Nepali politician and was Minister of Land Management,Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021 making the tenure of just 18 days and shortest till date. He was also a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He was elected under the first-past-the-post system from Parsa-4 constituency,representing Rastriya Janata Party Nepal. He defeated his nearest rival Ramesh Rijal of Nepali Congress by acquiring 20,738 votes to Rijal's 14,702.
The 2022 Nepalese local elections were held on 13 May 2022 in 6 metropolitan cities,11 sub-metropolitan cities,276 municipalities and 460 rural municipalities. These were the second set of local-level elections to be held since the promulgation of the new constitution in 2015. From the local election result Nepali Congress has become the single largest party of Nepal followed by CPN (UML) and Maoist Centre.
General elections were held in Nepal on 20 November 2022 to elect the 275 members of the House of Representatives. There were two ballots in the election;one to elect 165 members from single-member constituencies via FPTP,and the other to elect the remaining 110 members from a single nation-wide constituency via party-list proportional representation.
The Loktantrik Samajwadi Party,Nepal,is the sixth largest political party in Nepal. The party was officially registered at Election Commission,Nepal on 18 August 2021. Mahantha Thakur is the president of the new party. The party was formed after split in PSP-N to join KP Oli led government. Currently,the party stands as the fourth largest party of Madhesh province after Nepali Congress,CPN (UML) and Janata Samajbadi respectively.
Millennium Challenge Corporation's Nepal Compact is a compact between the American aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the government of Nepal. Nepal was the first South Asian country to qualify for an MCC contract by passing 16 of the 20 policy indicators used by the MCC. The agreement was signed in Washington DC in September 2017;then Finance Minister of Nepal,Gyanendra Bahadur Karki,and then US deputy Secretary of State,John J. Sullivan,were present. This compact had begun developing on the request of Nepal in 2012 when Baburam Bhattarai was prime minister and Barsaman Pun was finance minister of Nepal.
The Terai–Madhesh Loktantrik Party is a political party in Nepal. Although the party's primary base is still in Terai Madhesh of Madhesh Province only,it has tried to expand its throughout Terai and Tharuhath regions of Nepal.
Hem Karna Poudel is Nepalese politician,belonging to Nepali Congress Party. Poudel is the current mayor of Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City. He defeated CPN candidate Yam Kumar Chungbang Subba by receiving 33,049 votes.
The Second Federal Parliament of Nepal,was elected by the 2022 general elections on 20 November 2022. The elections elected 275 Members of Parliament (MPs),165 for each constituency and 110 through the party list,to the House of Representatives. The parliament convened for the first time on 9 January 2023.
Ninu Kumari Karna is a Nepali politician. She is a member of the Madhesh Province Provincial Committee of Nepali Congress.
