The Tharu people are an ethnic group indigenous to the Terai in southern Nepal and northern India. They speak Tharu languages. They are recognized as an official nationality by the Government of Nepal. In the Indian Terai,they live foremost in Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The Government of India recognizes the Tharu people as a scheduled Indian tribe.
Siraha District,a district in Madhesh Province,is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. It is situated in the Terai belt of Nepal. The district,with Siraha as its district headquarters,covers an area of 1,188 km2 (459 sq mi). It has population of 637,328 according to census of 2011.The District is bordered with Saptari district in the east,Udayapur districting the north,Bihar state of India in the south and Dhanusa district in the west. Majority of the population here is yadav,Kushwaha(mahato),Tharus,Sahs(sahukar),Muslims and ethnic minorities with majority population speaking English,Maithili language and Nēpālīlanguage.
Upendra Yadav is a Nepalese politician who has twice served as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal and also as the chairman of the People's Socialist Party,Nepal from 2020 until 2023.
The Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party was a political party in Nepal. The party drew it support from the Terai region of Nepal. The foundation of the party was announced on December 27,2007. The party was founded with a popular slogan "Mare to Mukti,jiye to Madhesh" meaning if I will live,I will fight for Madhesh and if I will get salvation.
Hridayesh Tripathi is a Nepalese politician,from the People's Progressive Party. He is also the current chairman of the party.
The Tharu or Tharuhat languages are any of the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by the Tharu people of the Terai region in Nepal,and neighboring regions of Uttarakhand,Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in India.
Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad better known by his nickname Phool Babu is a high-profile Nepalese politician,Social Worker and Minister of State for Energy,Irrigation and Water Supply in Madhesh Province. Previously he served as Minister of State for Social Development in Madhesh Province. He won second time in a row Member of the Legislative Assembly of Rautahat District Constituency 4(B) Pradesh Sabha. He is also former VDC chairman(Nepali:अध्यक्ष) of Gamhariya,Nepal.
Ganga Chaudhary Satgauwa,popularly known as Ganga Chaudhary is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. She is also a member of the Women and Social Welfare Committee of the parliament.
Hira Chandra KC is a Nepali politician,who is currently the State Minister of Health and Population in the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Maheshwar Jung Gahatraj is a Nepali communist politician and a former member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He also previously served as the Minister for Youth and Sports between 8 October 2021 to 26 December 2022. He was the commander of the first attack carried out by the Maoists,that began the Nepalese civil war.
Metmani Chaudhary is a Nepali politician who is a member of Parliament in the House of Representatives elected from the Dang 1 constituency since 2018. He served as the Minister of Urban Development in the ruling coalition led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba. Chaudhary is a member of the newly formed CPN.
Namita Kumari Chaudhary is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. She was elected under the proportional representation system from Nepali Congress. She is a member of the House Education and Health Committee. She is also a member of the parliamentary party executive committee of Nepali Congress. She is a member of the Ministry of Education,Science and Technology in the shadow cabinet of Nepali Congress.
Padma Narayan Chaudhary (Tharu) (born 1948) is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the Federal parliament of Nepal. He was elected from Nepali Congress under the proportional representation system. Following his election to parliament,he was appointed the coordinator for the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in the shadow cabinet of the main opposition Nepali Congress.
Ram Kumari Chaudhary is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal,as well as the State Minister for Agriculture,Land Management and Cooperatives in the federal government.
The First Federal Parliament of Nepal,consisting of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly,was elected via the 2017 legislative,provincial and local elections.
Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav is a Nepalese politician serving as the vice president of Nepal since 20 March 2023. He is a former minister for forests and environment of Nepal.
Uma Shankar Aragriya is a Nepalese politician belonging to the CPN (UML) who served as the Minister of Culture,Tourism and Civil Aviation since 4 June 2021 but was removed from the post by Supreme Court on 22 June 2021 making his tenure of just 18 days one of the shortest till date. He was also a member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal after winning in 2017 Nepalese general election from Dhanusha 2 constituency. Arglariya formerly a popular leader,is thought to join Nepali Congress as his party,Loktantrik Samajwadi Party went clean swept in Dhanusha district in recent local level election.
Jay Prakash Gupta,also referred to as Jay Prakash Anand or popularly JP Gupta,is a Nepalese politician and former member of the Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum,Nepal(Republican) party. He was born in Saptari District,Nepal. Before joining the forum,he was a member of Nepali Congress. His political career was progressing well within the party,but he left the party during the Madhesh movement. He is presently running the Terai Madhesh Rastriya Abhiyan.
