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Bimalendra Nidhi (Maithili/Nepali/Devnagari : बिमलेन्द्र निधि), is the current Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal. He is also a central-level leader of the Nepali Congress, the largest political party of the nation. He has served as minister and member of parliament, and was elected to the Sambidhan Sabha. He is the Former Party General Secretary (Mahamantri).
Personal life
Born in a Maithil ethnic family of Madhesi people 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 also served as the Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport.
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 a firm believer of B.P Koirala's democratic socialism, secularism, federalism, equality and the peaceful process of conflict resolution.
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.