Bishnu Prasad Paudel

Bishnu Prasad Paudel (Nepali: विष्णुप्रसाद पौडेल) is a Nepalese politician, and the current General Secretary of Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He is the current Member of Parliament from Rupandehi constituency no. 2. He won the election with a margin of 22,000 votes in the parliamentary election of 2017. During the second Constituent Assembly Election in 2013, he defeated the former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai from Rupendehi Constituent No. 4.[1]

Honourable

Bishnu Prasad Paudel
विष्णुप्रसाद पौडेल
Nepal Communist Party (CPN)
Member of Parliament Rupandehi-2
In office
2017–2022
PresidentBidhya Devi Bhandari
General Secretary Nepal Communist Party (NCP)
Assumed office
17 May 2018
Minister for Finance
In office
5 November 2015 – 1 August 2016
Prime MinisterK.P. Oli
Preceded byDr. Ram Saran Mahat
Succeeded byKrishna Bahadur Mahara
Minister of Defence
Prime MinisterJhala Nath Khanal
Minister for Youth Sports and Culture
Prime MinisterLokendra Bahadur Chand
Personal details
Born (1959-11-20) 20 November 1959
Syangja
CitizenshipNepali
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepal Communist Party (NCP)
ParentsDevi Lal paudel and Deveki Paudel

Paudel was appointed as the Minister for Finance in 5 November 2015 to 1 August 2016 in KP Sharma Oli’s first Prime Ministership. He got the responsibility of a Defense Minister from 6 February 2011 to 29 August 2011, during the Prime Ministership of Jhala Nath Khanal. He was the Minister for Water Resources from 18 August 2008 to 25 May 2009 under the Prime Ministership of Puspa Kamal Dahal.

At the age of just 37, Paudel got the responsibility of Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture in 12 March 1997 under the Ex-Prime minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand’s Cabinet.

Early life

Bishnu Prasad Paudel was born to Devilal Paudel and Devaki Paudel on 20 November 1959 in Syangja Nepal. He joined politics in 1978. During the Panchayat System in Nepal, he faced jail time.[2] In 1977, he passed the SLC examination and moved to Rupendehi from Syangja to start the career as a Primary School teacher and he influenced by the communist activists. He resigned from the teaching profession and joined the Communist Party at the age of 18. Paudel broke the Bhairahawa Jail and went back to people's movement.

Political Life[3]
  • General Secretary, Communist Party of Nepal (NCP) since 2018
  • Deputy General Secretary, Communist Party of Nepal (UML), 2014 - 2018
  • Secretary of Central Committee, Communist Party of Nepal (UML), 2009 - 2014
  • Member of Standing Committee, Communist Party of Nepal (UML), 2003 - 2019
  • Member of Central Committee, Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Since 1990
  • Party Member of CPN (ML/UML) since 1977

Electoral History

Paudel is a four time parliamentarian. He was an elected member in the 2nd Constituent Assembly from Rupandehi when he competed against former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai who came third.[2]

1994 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Palpa-3

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLBishnu Prasad Paudel15,766Elected
Nepali CongressHari Prasad Nepal12,697Lost

1999 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Rupendehi-3

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
Nepali CongressSurya Prasad Pradhan23,697Elected
CPN-UMLBishnu Prasad Paudel23,033Lost

2008 Constituent Assembly Election Rupandehi-4

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLBishnu Prasad Paudel15,880Elected
CPN (Maoist)Bhakti Prasad Pandey13,421Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly Election Rupandehi-4

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLBishnu Prasad Paudel19,577Elected
Nepali CongressSurya Prasad Pradhan13,632Lost

2017 Pratinidhi Sabha Election Rupandehi-2

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN-UMLBishnu Prasad Paudel44,009Elected
Nepali CongressYubaraj Giri21,946Lost

Controversies

He is said to have facilitated cabinet decisions during the Madhav Kumar Nepal led government in exchange for political favours.[4] The matter is currently being investigate by Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority.[5][6]

References
  1. "bishnu-poudel-wins-baburam-bhattarai". Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. "Nepal Election 2013". Ujjyalo Online. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. "Formar Finance Ministers - Minsitry of Finance - Government of Nepal".
  4. "I'll not betray trust of people: Bishnu Paudel". Setopati. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. "Land grab cases to be probed". The Himalayan Times. APCA Nepal. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  6. "Gov to probe land acquired by former Minister's son in PM's quarter". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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