Udaya Shumsher Rana Explained

Honorific Prefix:Honourable
Udaya Shumsher Rana
Native Name:उदय शमशेर राणा
Office1:Minister of State for Finance(Nepal)[1]
Term Start1:2017[2]
Term End1:2018
Primeminister1:Sher Bahadur Deuba
President1:Bidya Devi Bhandari
Office2:Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Term Start2:22 December 2022
Predecessor2:Nawaraj Silwal
Constituency2:Lalitpur 1
Office3:Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Term Start3:21 January 2014
Term End3:14 October 2018
Predecessor3:Barsaman Pun
Successor3:Nawaraj Silwal
Constituency3:Lalitpur 1
Office4:President Of Nepal Tarun Dal[3]
Term Start4:2012
Term End4:2017
Birth Date:27 February 1970
Birth Place:Lalitpur
Party:Nepali Congress
Alma Mater:Cornell University,
St Stephen's College,
The Lawrence School, Sanawar,
St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling,
St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel
Known For:Youth Leader Nepali Congress
Nationality:Nepalese
Spouse:Urvashi Singh Rana
Children:Ayush SJB Rana, Samar SJB Rana
Website:http://udayarana.com
Honorific Suffix:MP

Udaya Shumsher Rana Nepali: उदय शमशेर राणा (born in 1970)[4] is a Nepali politician and a youth leader who served as a Minister of State for Finance from 2017 to 2018. He was the president of Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD) a sister and youth organization of Nepali Congress from 2012 to 2017. He is currently working as a Central Working Committee Member of Nepali congress.[5]

Early life

Personal life

Rana was born in Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, to Sagar SJB Rana and Brinda Rana.[6] He has spent most of his formative life in both Nepal and India.[7] He is married to Urvashi Singh Rana and they have two sons Ayush and Samar.

Education

He received his primary education from St. Xavier's School Jawalakhel, Lalitpur.[6] For his secondary education he was sent to St Joseph's College (North Point) in Darjeeling[6] and completed his high school from Lawrence School, Sanawar, India.[7] [6] He received his undergraduate (Bachelors in Arts) from St Stephen's College,[6] University of Delhi and holds a master's degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA).[7] [6] He wrote his thesis on Nepal's foreign policy vis-à-vis India and China, which was titled "Foreign Policy of Nepal: Emphasis on relations with India and China”.[8]

Career

Rana has various publications in both Nepali and English in leading Nepali news media[9] [6] and has worked as a consultant to various NGO/INGOs including The Asia Foundation, SNV Nepal, ESPS/DANIDA and others.[6] He is currently the Advisor to the Nepal Shooting Association.[10] [6]

Political career

Just like many Nepali Congress leaders, his political activism commenced in India.[6] During his educational sojourn in Delhi, he established and became the first President of Nepal Students Union, Delhi (Student organization of Nepali Congress Party).[7] In Delhi, he instigated protests and took out rallies in support of the ‘First People's Movement of 1989’ against the autocratic Panchayat System. His interest in global politics and economics led him to join the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and later was elected as the Vice President.Upon returning to Nepal he devoted majority of his young days in grassroots politics. By 1998, he was already affiliated to Nepal Tarun Dal and was serving as the district president.[11] While being a member of NTD, he fought his first Constitutional Assembly (CA) elections from Lalitpur Constituency No. 1 in 2008. He lost by a narrow margin of thousand votes. Unfazed by his early loss, he redeemed himself in the Second CA elections in 2013 by defeating by opponent by a little more than 8000 votes. His victory in 2013 started his legislative career. He is currently working as a Central Working Committee Member of Nepali congress. He was elected as the Central Working Committee Member with popular votes at 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress.[5]

As a member of parliament, he was a member of the Finance Committee 2014–17 and was also a member of three sub-committees that finalized bills that was passed by the parliament as an Act, which are as follows:[12] [6]

Electoral history

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Lalitpur – 1[13]

Party Candidate Votes Status
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)15,329Elected
Udaya Shumsher Rana14,011Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Lalitpur – 1

Party Candidate Votes Status
Udaya Shumsher Rana18,560Elected
CPN (UML)Madhusudan Poudel 10,682Lost

2017 House of Representatives Election

Lalitpur – 1[14]

Party Candidate Votes Status
CPN (UML)26,951 Elected
Udaya Shumsher Rana20,729 Lost

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Udaya Shumsher Rana .
  2. Web site: Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba inducts 15 state ministers; Cabinet 3rd largest ever . firstpost . August 22, 2017.
  3. Web site: Tarun Dal convention in September.
  4. http://election.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/474/Uday-Shamsher-Rana/ Uday Shamsher Rana
  5. Web site: 16 new faces elected in NC's Central Working Committee from open category . myRepublica . December 20, 2021.
  6. Web site: उदय शमशेर राणा. mediasanchar.
  7. Web site: Leading the young. nepalitimes.
  8. Web site: Udaya Rana writing about current context. thehimalayantimes. November 13, 2018.
  9. Web site: Udaya Rana Article. kathmandupost . June 22, 2018.
  10. Web site: Nepal Shooting Association. Nepal Olympic Committee .
  11. Web site: Udaya Rana,Leading the young . nepalitimes . February 21–27, 2014 .
  12. Web site: Policy Analysis In The (Parliamentary) Finance Committee.
  13. Web site: Salokya . भक्तपुरमा ६२ र ललितपुरमा १०७ जना हार्ने निश्चित . Mysansar . Shrestha, Umesh . August 22, 2020.
  14. News: Jhapa : Province 1 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament. December 10, 2017. The Kathmandu Post.