Pradeep Giri Explained

Pradeep Giri
Honorific Suffix:MP
Native Name:प्रदीप गिरी
Office:Member of the Pratinidhi Sabha
Term Start:4 March 2018
Term End:20 August 2022
Constituency:Siraha 1
Predecessor:Padma Narayan Chaudhary
Term Start1:October 1994
Term End1:May 1999
Constituency1:Siraha 5
Predecessor1:Bishnu Bahadur Tamang
Successor1:Dharmanath Prasad Sah
Office2:Member of the Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Term Start2:28 May 2008
Term End2:14 October 2017
Birth Place:Siraha District, Nepal
Birth Date:6 November 1945
Death Place:Medicity Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal
Party:Nepali Congress
Native Name Lang:ne

Pradeep Giri (6 November 1945 – 20 August 2022) was a Nepali politician from Siraha district Madhesh origin and a member of the House of Representatives from the Nepali Congress. He was also part of the party's central committee.[1]

Personal life

Giri was born in Bastipur, Siraha. He came from a political family. Giri's father Mitra Lal Giri was a prominent Congress leader, and uncle Tulsi Giri was Nepali Congress leader who later joined Panchayat system and became prime minister of Nepal.[2]

Political career

Pradip Giri was as famous at the national level as he was at the local level. During the Madhes movement, his role was in favor of the agitators. Giri was known as a socialist thinker and intellectual leader in the country and abroad along with Congress politics. Giri was elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Siraha Constituency No. 5 in the 2017 general election.[3]

He became a proportional member from the Congress in the first and second Constituent Assembly elections.[4]

He didn't sign the Constitution of Nepal 2072 citing it was incomplete and did not fulfil the demand of all citizens.[5] Giri said, "It is true that I did not sign the constitution passed ignoring the demands of the Madhesi people. I have boycotted the parliament by raising the demand of Madhesis, the Madhesi people have understood this." He was serving as the member of the 1st Federal Parliament of Nepal. In the 2017 Nepalese general election, he was elected from the Siraha 1 constituency, securing 23,951(39.82%) votes.[6] [7]

He was influenced by the works of B. R. Ambedkar, the constitution maker of India. Throughout his life, he advocated for the rights of Dalits, Madhesis, Janajatis, Adivasis, women, and LGBTQIA+ communities.

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

Siraha 1
PartyCandidateVotes
Nepali CongressPradeep Giri23,951
CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Ganga Prasad Yadav21,371
Federal Socialist Forum, NepalRaj Lal Yadav13,351
Others1,472
Invalid votes2,954
ResultCongress hold
Source:[8]

Death

He died on 20 August 2022, at the age of 76, Nepal Mediciti Hospital in Lalitpur at around 9:30 pm on Saturday. He was suffering from cancer, and pneumonia coupled with it had led to multi-organ failure at the last stage. He always believed in ethical politics.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hamal. Nikki. 10 September 2018. BP Koirala's views being misinterpreted . 11 August 2021. The Himalayan Times.
  2. Web site: डा. तुलसी गिरीसँग गाँसिएका केही किस्सा !. 8 December 2021. Online Khabar.
  3. Web site: 11 December 2017. कांग्रेसका वौद्धिक नेता प्रदीप गिरी मधेसी, वाम दुई गठबन्धन चिर्दै सिरहा १ मा विजयी. 8 December 2021. जनबोली न्यूज नेटवर्क प्रा. लि.
  4. Web site: प्रदीप गिरीका प्रतिस्पर्धीः पूर्वउपप्रधानपञ्चदेखि वडा सदस्यसम्म. 8 December 2021. Online Khabar. en-US.
  5. Web site: 18 September 2015. 61 lawmakers do not sign on Nepal's Constitution 2072. 11 August 2021. The Himalayan Times. en.
  6. https://www.election.gov.np/ecn/uploads/userfiles/ElectionResultBook/HoR2074.pdf Election Commission of Nepal
  7. Web site: Sureis. NC candidate Pradip Giri wins provincial election from Siraha-1. The Himalayan Times. 12 May 2021. 11 December 2017.
  8. Web site: प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन(FPTP)को मतगणनाको विस्तृत परिणाम . Detailed results of votes for the House of Representatives Election (FPTP) . Election Commission, Nepal . 20 August 2022 . ne.