| People's Freedom Party | |
| Native Name: | नागरिक उन्मुक्ति पार्टी |
| Affiliation1 Title: | Alliance |
| Chairperson: | Ranjeeta Shrestha |
| Ideology: | Regionalism |
| Headquarters: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Membership: | 12,000[1] |
| Country: | Nepal |
| Abbreviation: | NUP |
| Native Name Lang: | ne |
| Split: | People's Socialist Party, Nepal |
| Founder: | Resham Lal Chaudhary |
| Seats1 Title: | House of Representatives |
| Seats2 Title: | National Assembly |
| Seats3 Title: | Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly |
| Seats4 Title: | Local governments |
| Seats4: | Mayor/Chairperson |
The People's Freedom Party (Nagrik Unmukti Party) is a political party in Nepal.[2] The party's primary base is in the Tharuhath region, especially Kailali district and Bardiya district.[3] [4]
See also: 2021 split in the People's Socialist Party, Nepal. 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, forgetting the mandate provided by the citizens whom the leaders only used as a vote bank.
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.[5] The party swept away Loktantrik Samajwadi Party, Nepal and People's Socialist Party, Nepal from Tharuhath region keeping their traditional vote block.[6]
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.[7] [8] The party received 2.57 percent vote share in proportional polls and lagged behind from 3% threshold by 0.43%.
| 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 |
| Province | Election | Party list votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | |||||
| Madhesh | 2022 | 49,705 | 2.38 | 10th | ||
| Lumbini | 125,521 | 6.65 | 5th | |||
| Sudurpashchim | 98,559 | 11.00 | 4th | |||
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Days in office | Ministerial incharge | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central government | |||||||
| 1 | Ranjeeta Shrestha | 31 March 2023 | 4 March 2024 | Minister for Land Management, Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation | |||
| 2 | Arun Kumar Chaudhary | 3 August 2024[9] | Incumbent | Minister of state for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation | |||
| Lumbini government | |||||||
| 1 | Dharma Bahadur Chaudhary | 28 April 2023[10] [11] | 4 April 2024 | Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development | |||
| 18 April 2024[12] | 21 July 2024 | ||||||
| Sudurpashchim Province | |||||||
| 1 | Khushi Ram Chaudhary | 8 March 2024 | 5 April 2024 | Minister without portfolio | |||
| 2 | Ghanshyam Chaudhary | 9 March 2024 | 5 April 2024 | Minister for Economic Affairs | |||
| 3 | Rameshwar Chaudhary | 9 March 2023 | 5 April 2024 | Minister for Land Management, Agriculture and Cooperatives | |||
| 5 | Kailash Chaudhary | 19 April 2024 | 4 August 2024 | Minister for Physical Infrastructure Development | |||
| 4 | Tika Thapa | 30 April 2024 | 28 July 2024 | Minister for Social Development | |||
| 6 | Laxman Kishor Chaudhary | 5 August 2024[13] | Incumbent | Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment | |||