Bimalendra Nidhi

Bimalendra Nidhi (Nepali: बिमलेन्द्र निधि) (born 25 September 1956 in Nagarain, Dhanusa District, Nepal) is a central-level leader of the Nepali Congress Party.[1] He has served as minister and member of parliament, and was elected to the Sambidhan Sabha. As of 2009 he held the post of Party General Secretary (Mahamantri).

Bimalendra Nidhi
Bimalendra Nidhi is a prominent figure in Nepalese Politics

Personal life

Born to Late Mahendra Narayan Nidhi, former General Secretary of Nepali Congress Party, and his spouse Late Prem Sagari Nidhi, Bimalendra Nidhi is the second son in the family. He is married to Mrs. Anamika Upasak Nidhi and has two sons, Abiral Nidhi and Anukul Nidhi.

Political career

Bimalendra Nidhi, popularly known among his colleagues as Bimalji and, also as Nidhiji incidentally the same name that his father was fondly remembered as, who was also a prominent figure in Nepalese Politics renowned as Gandhian Leader of Nepal, started his political career at a young age, witnessing the arrest of his father having sparked the interest in him.

He is the member of Central Working Committee (CWC) of Nepali Congress Party

He is the former Party General Secretary of Nepali Congress(Democratic) Party, a faction of Nepali Congress Party before Janandolan II movement citing differences in opinion, later assuming the same post after the two parties merged after the movement, until 2009.

He is the former President of the Nepal Students Union(N.S.U), the student wing of Nepali Congress Party.

He has served twice as the Minister for General Administration, once as the Minister for Education and Sports and simultaneously for a period of a month as Minister of Industries, Commerce and Supplies.

He was arrested time and again for his political views most notably in the People's Movement of 1990 and then the recent Janandolan II, having spent seven years behind bars at different points of time.

Nidhi is an elected member to the Constituent Assembly (Sambhidan Sabha) from Constituency Number 3 of Dhanusa District.

Education

He earned his M.A in Political Science from Tribhuvan University.

References

  1. ↑ Das, Samir Kumar (2005). Peace processes and peace accords. SAGE. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-7619-3391-5. Retrieved 3 April 2011.