Amod Prasad Upadhyay ( ne, आमोद प्रसाद उपाध्याय; 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

Biratnagar Biratnagar () is a metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Province No. 1. With a population of 242,548 as per the 2011 census, it is the largest city in the province and also the headquarters of Morang district. As per the p ...

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

Banaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/), is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916 ...

Political career

Upadhyay joined politics in 1956 as a

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party o ...

activist. An active member of the outlawed political opposition from 1960 to 1990, he was arrested and imprisoned several times by the

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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 Morang District ( ne, मोरङ जिल्ला ) is located in Province No. 1 in eastern Nepal. It is an Outer Terai district. It borders with Bihar, India to the South, Jhapa to the East, Dhankuta and Panchthar to the North, and Sunsar ...

-1 seat vacated by

Girija Prasad Koirala Nepal Ratna Girija Prasad Koirala ( ne, गिरिजाप्रसाद कोइराला ; 4 July 1924 – 20 March 2010), affectionately known as Girija Babu, was a Nepalese politician. He headed the Nepali Congress and served as the ...

. Upadhyay was Nepal's Minister for Education and Sports from March 2000 to May 2002 in the cabinets of

and

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) 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 ...

. Upadhyay protested the royal takeover of Feb 1, 2005 and was held in detention for several weeks by the government of

King Gyanendra Gyanendra Shah ( ne, ज्ञानेन्द्र शाह, born 7 July 1947) is a former monarch who was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuva ...

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

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from

-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 Kosi or Koshi ( ne, कोसी अञ्चल, ne, :ne:कोशी अञ्चल, कोशी अञ्चल ) was one of the fourteen List of zones of Nepal, zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to Provinces of Nepal, provinces ...

. 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

-1 constituency ''My Republica''
NC picks FPTP candidates for 235 constituencies
, 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 Province No. 1 Government ministers of Nepal Nepal MPs 1999–2002 Members of the National Assembly (Nepal) Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly