Amod Prasad Upadhyay (; born March 29, 1936) is a Nepalese social worker and politician.Constituent Assembly of Nepal, Member Details
(Nepali). Retrieved Sep 18, 2013

Early life

Upadhyay was born in

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to Janak Prasad Upadhyay and Chandrakumari Upadhyay. He studied at Adarsha Vidyala in Biratnagar and completed his higher secondary education from

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, India. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from

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Political career

Upadhyay joined politics in 1956 as a

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activist. An active member of the outlawed political opposition from 1960 to 1990, he was arrested and imprisoned several times by the Panchayat regime for his pro-democracy activities. He spent a total of 16 months under arrest. He participated in the 1990 People's Movement and served in the Rashtriya Sabha from 1991 to 1995 as a nominated member. He contested and won the 1999 by-elections for the

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from the Morang-1 seat vacated by Girija Prasad Koirala. Upadhyay was Nepal's Minister for Education and Sports from March 2000 to May 2002 in the cabinets of Girija Prasad Koirala and

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. Upadhyay protested the royal takeover of Feb 1, 2005 and was held in detention for several weeks by the government of King Gyanendra citing the Public Security Act (PSA). Following the 2006 democracy movement and the reinstatement of the

, he served as the Chief Whip of the Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party in the reinstated house and the interim-parliament. In May 2008, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly of Nepal from Morang-1 and was a member of the Judicial System and Security Special committees. The party's general convention in 2010 elected Upadhyay to the party's Central Working Committee (CWC) from Koshi Zone. He was picked by the CWC to head the Disciplinary Committee of the party on August 15, 2012. Upadhyay was the

candidate for the 2013 constituent assembly elections from the Morang-1 constituency ''My Republica''
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, Oct 1, 2013. Retrieved Oct 10, 2013 losing to Rishikesh Pokhrel of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML).

Electoral history

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Elections Morang-1 2008 Constituent Assembly Election Morang-1 Upadhyay was the only Nepali Congress candidate elected from the nine seats contested by the party in Morang district in this election. ''Total Voters:'' 73,187 ''Votes Cast:'' 49,172 (67.19%) ''Valid Votes:'' 45,697 2013 Constituent Assembly Election Morang-1
Ekantipur, Constituent Assembly Election, 2070. Retrieved Nov, 23, 2013 ''Total Voters:'' 54,722 ''Votes Cast:''44,191 (80.76%) ''Valid Votes:'' 40,975

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Upadhyay, Amod Prasad Living people 1936 births People from Biratnagar People educated at Adarsha High School Nepalese Hindus Banaras Hindu University alumni Nepalese activists Koirala family Nepali Congress politicians from Koshi Province Government ministers of Nepal Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Members of the National Assembly (Nepal) Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Nepalese expatriates in India