Hridayesh Tripathi ( ne, हृदयेश त्रिपाठी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Progressive Party. He's also the current chairman of the party. A former Minister of Health and Population Tripathi has worked several terms as minister under the government of

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and

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Early life and education

Tripathi was born in

Nawalparasi Nawalparasi District ( ne, नवलपरासी जिल्ला, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal before being divided into Nawalparasi (West of Ba ...

to Harishankar Triphati and Kunti Devi. He completed his secondary education in Palpa and studied

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at the Institute of Oriental Studies in the

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Political career

He started his political career in Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamajhi). He contested the 1986 Rastriya Panchayat elections but failed to get elected. After the

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panchayat system Panchayat ( ne, पञ्चायत) was a partyless political system incepted by King Mahendra by sidelining the Nepali Congress government of B. P. Koirala on 15 December 1960 AD (1st Poush 2017 BS). He introduced the partyless Panchayat sys ...

was removed and democracy was re-established in Nepal by the 1990 Nepalese revolution, Triphathi joined the

Nepal Sadbhawana Party The Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP; ne, नेपाल सदभावना पार्टी) was a political party in Nepal that worked for rights of the Madhesi people and discriminated communities and groups of Nepal. On 21 April 2017, the ...

. He was elected to the

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from Nawalparasi 3 in the 1991 elections and retained his seat in the

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and

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. In the wake of the Madhesh movement in 2007, Tripathi resigned from the government of Girija Prasad Koirala and formed the

Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party The Terai–Madhesh Loktantrik Party ( ne, तराई-मधेस लोकतान्त्रिक पार्टी (तमलोपा)) is a political party in Nepal. Although the party's primary base is still in Terai Madhesh of Madhe ...

with

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. He was elected to the

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at the 2008 elections from Nawalparasi 6 but failed to retain his seat at the 2013 elections. In 2017, he quit the

Rastriya Janata Party Nepal The Rastriya Janata Party, Nepal, abbr. ''RJPN'' ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनता पार्टी, नेपाल, translation: National People's Party, Nepal) was the fourth-largest political party in Nepal after the Nepali Co ...

and formed the ''Independent Political Group'' that contested the 2017 elections under the election symbol of

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. He was elected to the

from Nawalparasi West 1 and was a member of the

parliamentary party. On 14 December 2021, he announced the formation of People's Progressive Party. He emphasized the need of a party concentrated towards

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, ideological debate and addressing the demands of

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and

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region which were not included in constitution.

Personal life

Tripathi is married to Shobha Tripathi with whom he has two daughters and a son.

Electoral history

References

1959 births Living people People from Nawalparasi District People's Progressive Party (Nepal) politicians Nepal MPs 2017–2022 Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Nepal MPs 1991–1994 Nepal MPs 1994–1999 Nepal MPs 1999–2002 {{Gandaki-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party politicians Nepal Sadbhawana Party politicians

Early life and education

Political career

Personal life

Electoral history

See also

References