Dhyan Govinda Ranjit
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Dhyan Govinda Ranjit (Nepali/Nepal Bhasa: ध्यान गोबिन्द रञ्जित) is a Nepalese politician and a leader of Nepali Congress. He is elected member of Nepalese Constituent Assembly and President of Kathmandu District Committee of Nepali Congress.
Ranjit has been active in Nepalese politics since the coup detat of 1960 (2017 Bikram Sambat) by King Mahendra during which he was amongst the first group of politicians imprisoned as member of Nepali Congress for advocating democracy and supporting elected Prime Minister, Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala.
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[edit] Early life
Ranjit was born in Kathmandu. He obtained school level education from J.P. High School. He was arrested at a young age of 13 by Panchayati regime of Nepal for supporting democracy. In spite of being in and out of prison for most of his life for advocating freedom and democracy in Nepal, he obtained Master of Arts(Political Science), Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Law.
[edit] Struggle for Democracy
Ranjit was active to restore democracy in Nepal during entire 30-year period of autocratic rule by Nepalese Monarchy called as Panchayati Regime. He was one of the founders of Nepal Student Union (Nepali:Nepal Bidhyarthi Sangh) and served in various capacity as leader of Nepal Student Union (Nepali:Nepal Bidhyarthi Sangh) and then banned Nepali Congress.
[edit] Imprisonment and Exile
Ranjit was imprisoned by the partyless Panchayati Government of Nepal for more than ten years for advocating freedom and democracy in Nepal. During the partyless Panchayati Regime (1960-1990), he spent many years in exile in India along with Supreme Leader of Nepali Congress Ganesh Man Singh.
After restoration of democracy, he ran for election for Member of Parliament in 1994 (2051 Bikram Sambat) from Kathmandu Constituency No. 7 from Nepali Congress. [1]
[edit] Social service
Ranjit is advisor to numerous social organizations in Nepal. In the past, he has been elected to the executive committee of Nepal Council of World Affairs.
[edit] Recent News
In April 2008 he won the Kathmandu-9 seat in the Constituent Assembly election, under the first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. [2]
He was the Coordinator of the Martyrs Day Main Organising Committee 2063 (2007) to mark Martyrs Day in Nepal. [3]
In the absence of a mayor in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, he has been serving as the head of seven party alliance delegates overseeing the activities of the city.
