Nagrik Unmukti Party
People's Freedom Party नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी | |
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| Abbreviation | NUP |
| Chairperson | Ranjeeta Shrestha |
| Founder | Resham Lal Chaudhary |
| Founded | 3 January 2022 |
| Split from | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| Headquarters | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Membership | 12,000[1] |
| Ideology | Regionalism Social democracy[2] Tharu minority interests |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Colours | |
| House of Representatives | 4 / 275 |
| Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly | 7 / 53 |
| Local governments | 4 / 753 Mayor/Chairperson |
| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
| www | |
The People's Freedom Party (Nepali: नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी, Nagrik Unmukti Party) is a political party in Nepal.[3] The party's primary base is in the Tharuhath region, especially Kailali district and Bardiya district.[4][5]
History
[edit]Formation and Registration
[edit]The party was formed under the coordination of Member of House of Representatives, Resham Lal Chaudhary. Due to some acts of law, he could not chair the party, so his wife was chosen as chair instead. He left his former party, the People's Socialist Party, Nepal, claiming that it had become power-centric and that it forgot the mandate provided by the people alleging that the party used it as vote bank.[3]
Party expansion and first election
[edit]The party rapidly expanded in a few months in the Tharuhath region. The party surprisingly emerged as largest party of Kailali district winning 4 local levels including two municipalities and two rural municipalities.[6] The party swept away Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal and People's Socialist Party, Nepal from Tharuhath region keeping their traditional vote block.[7]
Later the party won 3 seats of 5 seats from Kailali district while won Bardiya 2. As a result party won 7 seats in Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly while won 4 seats in Lumbini Provincial Assembly and 1 seat in Madhesh Provincial Assembly.[8][9] The party received 2.57 percent vote share in proportional polls and lagged behind from 3% threshold by 0.43%.[8]
List of Members of Parliament
[edit]List of Pratinidhi Sabha members from People's Freedom Party
[edit]| No. | Name | Constituency | Province | Elected from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arun Kumar Chaudhary | Kailali 2 | Sudurpashchim | 2022 general election |
| 2. | Ganga Ram Chaudhary | Kailali 3 | Sudurpashchim | |
| 3. | Lalbir Chaudhary | Bardiya 2 | Lumbini | |
| 4. | Ranjeeta Shrestha | Kailali 1 | Sudurpashchim |
Electoral performance
[edit]General election
[edit]| Election | Leader | Party list votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |||||
| 2022 | Ranjeeta Shrestha | 271,722 | 2.57[a] | 4 / 275
|
10th | Confidence & supply |
- ^ Represented as Independent for not reaching the 3% threshold
Provincial election
[edit]| Province | Election | Party list votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |||||
| Madhesh | 2022 | 49,705 | 2.38 | 1 / 107
|
10th | Confidence & supply |
| Lumbini | 125,521 | 6.65 | 4 / 87
|
5th | Confidence & supply | |
| Sudurpashchim | 98,559 | 11.00 | 7 / 53
|
4th | Confidence & supply | |
Local election
[edit]| Election | Leader(s) | Mayor/Chairman | Local levels won |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ranjeeta Shrestha | 4 / 753
|
List of cabinet ministers
[edit]| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Days in office | Ministerial incharge | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central government | ||||||
| 1 | Ranjeeta Shrestha | 
|
31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | 339 days | Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation |
| 2 | Arun Kumar Chaudhary | 
|
3 August 2024[10] | Incumbent | 146 days | Minister of state for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation |
| Lumbini government | ||||||
| 1 | Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary | 28 April 2023[11][12] | 4 April 2024 | 1 year, 243 days | Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development | |
| 18 April 2024[13] | 21 July 2024 | 94 days | ||||
| Sudurpashchim Province | ||||||
| 1 | Khushi Ram Chaudhary | 8 March 2024 | 5 April 2024 | 28 days | Minister without portfolio | |
| 2 | Ghanshyam Chaudhary | 9 March 2024 | 5 April 2024 | 1 year, 27 days | Minister for Economic Affairs | |
| 3 | Rameshwar Chaudhary | 9 March 2023 | 5 April 2024 | 1 year, 27 days | Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives | |
| 5 | Kailash Chaudhary | 19 April 2024 | 4 August 2024 | 107 days | Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development | |
| 4 | Tika Thapa | 30 April 2024 | 28 July 2024 | 89 days | Minister for Social Development | |
| 6 | Laxman Kishor Chaudhary | 5 August 2024[14] | Incumbent | 144 days | Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment | |
Leadership
[edit]Supreme leader
[edit]- Resham Lal Chaudhary (2022-present)
Chairman
[edit]- Ranjeeta Shrestha (2022-presesnt)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी". www.nagrikunmuktiparty.org.
- ^ "नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टीको अन्तरिम विधान २०७८". Google Docs. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ a b Setopati, सेतोपाटी संवाददाता. "रेशम चौधरीको नयाँ दलको नाम 'नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी', अध्यक्षमा श्रीमती श्रेष्ठ रञ्जिता". Setopati (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "'नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी' दर्ताका लागि रेशम चौधरीकी श्रीमतीद्वारा आवेदन". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ Republica. "Murder convict Chaudhary set to announce new political party on January 3". My Republica. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
- ^ "कैलालीमा नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी पहिलो". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ "कैलालीमा नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टीको उदय". Naya Patrika. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
- ^ a b "Election Commission Nepal". election.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Election Commission Nepal". election.gov.np. Retrieved 2023-04-01.
- ^ "Three ministers of state sworn in". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "लुम्बिनीका मुख्यमन्त्री र मन्त्रीले लिए शपथ". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ "लुम्बिनीका मुख्यमन्त्री डिल्ली चौधरीले लिए शपथ, तीन मन्त्री विना विभागीय". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ Republica. "Lumbini Province: Three UML, one NUP leaders to take oath as ministers without portfolio today". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ Republica. "NUP's Laxman Kishor Chaudhary to become minister in Sudurpaschim". My Republica. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
