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{{short description|Nepali politician and Former Deputy PM of Nepal}}

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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Bimalendra Nidhi 
|office1 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal]]
|predecessor1 = [[Bijay Kumar Gachhadar]]
|primeminister1 = [[Pushpa Kamal Dahal]]
|successor1 = [[Bijay Kumar Gachhadar]]
|term_start1 = 4 August 2016<ref name='sworn'>{{Cite web |url=http://reviewnepal.com/national/newly-appointed-deputy-prime-minister-and-minister-for-home-affairs-bimalendra-nidhi-vows-for-sound-security.html |title=Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs Bimalendra Nidhi vows for sound security |last=Nepal |first=Review |website=Review Nepal News |language=en |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|term_end1 = 7June 2021
|office2 = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|Minister for Home Affairs]]
|predecessor2 = [[Shakti Bahadur Basnet]]
|successor2 = [[Janardan Sharma]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2017-06-07/president-bhandari-administers-oath-of-office-secrecy-to-deuba.html |title=Deuba sworn in as 40th PM, forms Cabinet by inducting 7 ministers |website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com |language=English |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|term_start2 = 4 August 2016<ref name='sworn'/>
|term_end2 = 7 June 2021
|primeminister2 = [[Pushpa Kamal Dahal]]
|office3 = [[Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (Nepal)|Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/scs-stay-order-to-correct-16-pt-deal-minister-nidhi/ |title=SC's stay order to correct 16-pt deal: Minister Nidhi |date=2015-06-20 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|successor3 = [[Bijay Kumar Gachhadar]]
|primeminister3 = [[Sushil Koirala]]
|term_start3 = 25 February 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/nepali/news/2014/02/140225_cabinetexpansion |title=अन्ततः २१ सदस्यीय मन्त्रिमण्डल |trans-title= Finally 21 members cabinet |website=BBC News नेपाली |date=25 February 2014 |language=ne |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|term_end3 = 12 October 2015
|office4 = [[Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Nepal)|Minister for Education and Sports]]
|term_start4 =
|term_end4 =
|office5 = [[Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (Nepal)|Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies]]
|predecessor5 =
|successor5 =
|office6 = [[Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration (Nepal)|Minister for General Administration]]
|primeminister6 = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
|monarch6 =[[Birendra of Nepal]]
|predecessor6 =
|successor6 =
|term_start6 = 13 December 1995<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Minister and State Ministers |date=13 December 1995 |publisher=Ministry of Information and Communication |location=Singhdurbar, Kathmandu, Nepal |url=http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/download?ref=17452 |language=Nepali |access-date=14 March 2019 |type= pdf}}</ref>
|term_end6 = 11 March 1997
| office = Vice-President of the [[Nepali Congress]]
| alongside = [[Bijay Kumar Gachhadar]]
| president = [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]
| term_start = 2018
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Ram Chandra Paudel]]
| successor =
| office8 = Member of the [[1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]] / [[2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Legislature Parliament]]
| term_end8 = 2017
| term_start8 = 2008
| constituency8 = [[Dhanusha 3 (constituency)|Dhanusha-3]]
| predecessor8 = [[Ananda Prasad Dhungana]]
| office7 = Member of the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]]
| predecessor7 = [[Mahendra Narayan Nidhi]]
| successor7 = Sanjay Sah
| constituency7 = [[Dhanusha 4 (constituency)|Dhanusha-4]]
| term_end7 = 2002
| term_start7 = 1994
|image = Bimalendra Nidh in New Delhi on August 20, 2016 (cropped).jpg
|party = [[Nepali Congress]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|25|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vimarshnews.com/profile-details/28/Bimalendra%20Nidhi |title=Bimalendra Nidhi |website=Vimarshnews |language=en |access-date=2019-03-14 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|birth_place = [[Janakpur]], [[Dhanusa District|Dhanusa]], [[Nepal]]
|nationality = [[Nepalese people|Nepali]]
|spouse = Anamika Upasak Nidhi
|residence = Nagrain, Janakpur, Nepal
|alma_mater = [[Tribhuvan University]]
|website =
|father = [[Mahendra Narayan Nidhi]]<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web |url=http://election2013.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/35/Bimalendra-Nidhi/ |title = Bimalendra Nidhi |website=election2013.ujyaaloonline.com |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
|mother = Prem Sagari Nidhi
| education = Masters in Political Science<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web |url=http://election2013.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/35/Bimalendra-Nidhi/ |title = Bimalendra Nidhi |website=election2013.ujyaaloonline.com |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>
}}

'''Bimalendra Nidhi''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]/[[Nepali language|Nepali]]/[[Devanagari]]: बिमलेन्द्र निधि {{Audio|Bimalendra Nidhi.ogg|listen}}); is the former [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal]] and Minister of Home Affairs of [[Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/Prachanda-sworn-in-Nepal%E2%80%99s-new-Prime-Minister/article14550959.ece |title=Prachanda sworn in Nepal's new Prime Minister |date=2016-08-04 |website=The Hindu|language=en-IN |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref> He is the present vice-president of [[Nepali Congress]], the governing party of the [[Nepal]].<ref name="Das2005">{{cite book|last=Das|first=Samir Kumar|title=Peace processes and peace accords|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4bY27nAdkocC&pg=PA289|year=2005|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-0-7619-3391-5|page=289}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2018-05-04/nidhi-appointed-nc-vice-prez-khadka-general-secy.html |title=Nidhi appointed NC Vice-Prez, Khadka Gen Secy |website=kathmandupost.ekantipur.com |language=English |access-date=2019-03-14}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Born to one of the founders of Nepali Congress [[Mahendra Narayan Nidhi]] and Prem Sagari Nidhi, Bimalendra Nidhi is the second son in the family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Three NC scions meet again to discuss general convention|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/156284/|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Setopati}}</ref> [[List of Nepali political clans|Nidhi family]] is residents of [[Nagarain|Nagrain Municipality]], Dhanusha.<ref name="Chaudhary">{{Cite web|last=Chaudhary|first=Randhir|title=Will Nepali Congress make Bimalendra Nidhi its president?|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/98503/|access-date=2021-08-10|website=My Republica|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sen|first=Sandeep|date=2017-12-03|title=Nidhi, Mahato brace for close contest in Dhanusha-3|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bimalendra-nidhi-rajendra-mahato-brace-for-close-contest-in-dhanusha-3|access-date=2021-08-10|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en}}</ref>

Vice President Bimalendra Nidhi, popularly known as ''Bimalji or Nidhiji'', who is considered to be a close confidant of [[Nepali Congress|NC]] President and [[Prime Minister of Nepal|Prime minister]] [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]].<ref name="Chaudhary"/>

==Political career==
[[File:Prime Minister Narenda Modi meeting with the Deputy PM & Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal, Bimalendra Nidhi.jpg|thumb|left|Nidhi meeting Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]; August 2016.]]
Bimalendra Nidhi joined student politics at the age of 14, after witnessing the arrest of his father.<ref>{{Cite web|last=रातोपाटी|title=काँग्रेसमा सभापतिको दौड : देउवालाई साथीका छोराको चुनौती|url=https://ratopati.com/story/186735/2021/6/24/congress-president-?fbclid=IwAR0fyQY7Xs-ZSVpHEG0aM0fHEq4fcEsLiO-8lbgLGUDomxMUuOlx3mVS4Y8|access-date=2021-06-24|website=RatoPati|language=Nepali}}</ref><ref name="youtube.com">{{Citation|title=Top 5 questions with Bimalendra Nidhi {{!}} विमलेन्द्र निधिसँग ५ प्रश्नहरु {{!}} Fireside|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4fkx57JR5k|language=en|access-date=2021-06-22}}</ref> He is the former President of the [[Nepal Student Union|Nepal Students Union(N.S.U)]], the student wing of [[Nepali Congress Party]].<ref name="youtube.com" /> He was only 23 years when he led the union at national level having been selected by [[B. P. Koirala|BP Koirala]] during [[1980 Nepalese governmental system referendum]].<ref name="Chaudhary"/>

He is the newly elected vice-president of [[Nepali Congress]] Party on 4 May 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nidhi appointed NC Vice-Prez, Khadka Gen Secy|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2018/05/04/nidhi-appointed-nc-vice-prez-khadka-general-secy|access-date=2021-08-09|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref>

He is the former General Secretary of [[Nepali Congress (Democratic)]] Party, a faction of Nepali Congress Party before [[2006 Nepalese revolution|Janandolan II]] movement citing differences in opinion, later assuming the same post after the two parties merged after the movement, until 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nepali Congress Re-Unites|date=26 September 2007|url=https://www.dw.com/en/nepali-congress-re-unites/a-5212581|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Deutsche Welle|language=en-GB}}</ref>

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 served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal|Deputy Prime-minister of Nepal]] in [[Pushpa Kamal Dahal|Puspa Kamal Dahal]] second cabinet with Home minister portfolio. He led 15 ministers from [[Nepali Congress]] in the [[Second Dahal cabinet]] as a part of power sharing.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-04|title=Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda sworn in as new Nepal PM|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pushpa-kamal-dahal-prachanda-sworn-in-as-new-nepal-pm/story-fxTybu9KE84daJKaxW03lI.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> He has also served as ''[[Prime Minister of Nepal|Acting prime-minister of Nepal]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-15|title=Rt. Honorable President Assigns Honorable Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs Mr Bimalendra Nidhi as Acting Prime Minister|url=https://president.gov.np/rt-honorable-president-assigns-honorable-deputy-prime-minister-and-minister-of-home-affairs-mr-bimalendra-nidhi-as-acting-prime-minister/|access-date=2021-06-07|website=Office of the President of Nepal|language=en-US}}</ref>
[[File:NC_Dhanusha_leaders.jpg|thumb|Former Deputy PM Nidhi with Minister [[Ram Saroj Yadav]], MP [[Smriti Narayan Chaudhary]], former Mayor of [[Janakpur]] [[Bajrang Shah]] and others in a program at his constituency]]
He was arrested time and again for his political views, most notably in the People's Movement of 1990 when he was in his early 30's and then in Janandolan II while he was in his 40s. He has spent seven years in prison in total.<ref name="Chaudhary"/>

Nidhi was an elected twice as member to the Constituent Assembly from [[Dhanusha 3 (constituency)|Dhanusha 3]] of [[Dhanusha District]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-03-25|title=Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens|url=http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|access-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325225411/http://vote.nepalnews.com/election/pages/bhaktapur.php#top|archive-date=25 March 2015}}</ref> He also served as member of House of Representatives from 1994 to 2008 as representative from [[Dhanusha 4 (constituency)|Dhanusha 4]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=24 January 2008}}</ref>

[[File:PM Deuba with leader Nidhi.jpg|thumb|Leader Nidhi with Party president and Prime Minister [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]]]
Nidhi, a close confidant of prime minister [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]] fielded candidacy for the post of party president leaving the camp in the [[14th general convention of Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-21|title=Nidhi to vie for top NC post|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nidhi-to-vie-for-top-nc-post|access-date=2021-12-14|website=himalayantimes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Republica|title=NC Vice President Nidhi gets responsibility as the party’s Acting President|url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/120205/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=My Republica|language=en}}</ref> He was able to gerner nearly 6% voters opening the way for second round of election as [[Sher Bahadur Deuba|Deuba]] who obtained 48% votes was unable to cross 50% mark even joining hands with leader [[Krishna Prasad Sitaula]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congress delegates to vote again to choose party president|url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/12/14/congress-delegates-to-vote-again-to-choose-party-president|access-date=2021-12-14|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Setopati|first=सेतोपाटी संवाददाता ::|title=अन्तत: निधिले रोके देउवालाई|url=https://www.setopati.com/mahadebeshan-bishesh/congres/256814/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Setopati|language=hi}}</ref> Later, Deuba asked Nidhi and [[Prakash Man Singh]] for support while both said they were ready to support [[Deuba]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=देउवालाई निधिको पनि समर्थन|url=https://annapurnapost.com/news/nidhi-191966|access-date=2021-12-14|website=देउवालाई निधिको पनि समर्थन|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Setopati|first=Setopati ::|title=Nidhi also pledges to back Deuba in runoff for NC president|url=https://en.setopati.com/political/157577/|access-date=2021-12-14|website=Setopati}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
'''1994 Legislative Election'''

'''Dhanusha-4'''
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bimalendra Nidhi
|21,340
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Krishna Pratap Malla
|16,563
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Congress gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive" />
|}
'''1999 Legislative Election'''

'''Dhanusha-4'''
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate
!Votes
|-
| style="background-color:gold" |
|[[Rastriya Prajatantra Party]]
|Krishna Pratap Malla
|24,293
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|[[Nepali Congress]]
|Bimalendra Nidhi
|19,053
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|[[CPN (UML)|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)]]
|Ram Aashis Mahaseth
|5,553
|-
|
| colspan="2" |Others
|2,914
|-
| colspan="3" |Invalid Votes
|747
|-
! colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |RPP gain
|-
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission<ref name="archive">{{Cite web|date=2008-01-24|title=Finalised Constituencies With Top Two Candidates|url=http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080124110554/http://www.election-commission.org.np/toptwo.php|archive-date=2008-01-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Results'99|url=https://nepalresearch.org/politics/background/elections_old/ec/alldistconst.htm|access-date=2020-11-15|website=nepalresearch.org}}</ref>
|}
'''2008 Constituent Assembly Election'''

'''Dhanusha-3'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !! Status
|-
| [[Nepali Congress]] ||Bimalendra Nidhi|| 15,582 || Elected
|-
| [[CPN-UML]] || Hari Dev Mandal || 9,936 || Lost
|}

'''2013 Constituent Assembly Election'''

'''Dhanusha-3'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !! Status
|-
| [[Nepali Congress]] ||Bimalendra Nidhi|| 15,031 || Elected
|-
| [[CPN-UML]] || Julie Kumari Mahato || 13,539|| Lost
|}

'''2017 House of Representatives Election'''

'''Dhanusha-3'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party !! Candidate !! Votes !! Status
|-
| [[Rastriya Janata Party Nepal]] || [[Rajendra Mahato]] || 30,750 || Elected
|-
| [[Nepali Congress]] ||Bimalendra Nidhi|| 27,847 || Lost
|-
| |[[CPN (Maoist Centre)]]
|Ram Singh Yadav
|2,346 || Lost
|-
|}

==Education==
He earned his M.A in Political Science from [[Tribhuvan University]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sen|first=Sandeep|date=2017-12-03|title=Nidhi, Mahato brace for close contest in Dhanusha-3|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/bimalendra-nidhi-rajendra-mahato-brace-for-close-contest-in-dhanusha-3|access-date=2021-08-10|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name="archive" />

==References==
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