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Hridayesh Tripathi ({{langx|ne|हृदयेश त्रिपाठी}}) is a Nepalese politician, from the People's Progressive Party. He is also the current chairman of the party.{{Cite web |title=Hridayesh Tripathi announces new Janata Pragatishil Party |date=14 December 2021 |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/hridayesh-tripathi-janata-pragatishil-party.html |access-date=2021-12-19 |language=en-GB}}

A former Minister of Health and Population, Tripathi has worked several terms as minister under the government of Nepali Congress and CPN (UML).{{cite web |title=Hridayesh Tripathi |url=http://election2013.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/138/Hridayash-Tripathi/ |accessdate=5 November 2019}}

Early life and education

Tripathi was born in Nawalparasi to Harishankar Triphati and Kunti Devi. He completed his secondary education in Palpa and studied political science at the Institute of Oriental Studies in the Soviet Union.{{Cite book |url=https://hr.parliament.gov.np/uploads/attachments/z3qljvte6vwen2cy.pdf |title=संघीय संसद सदस्य, २०७४ परिचयात्मक पुस्तिका |publisher=Federal Parliament Secretariat |year=2021 |location=Nepal |pages=270 |language=ne |trans-title=Federal Parliament Members 2017 Introduction Booklet}}{{Cite web |last=Lal |first=C. K. |title=When dreams sag |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/28732/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=My Republica |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=हृदयेश त्रिपाठी: नेकपा रायमाझी समूहदेखि प्रगतिशील पार्टीसम्म |url=https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/127202 |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=Himal Khabar}}

Political career

He started his political career in Communist Party of Nepal (Rayamajhi). He unsuccessfully contested the 1986 Rastriya Panchayat elections. After the non-partisan panchayat system was removed and democracy was re-established in Nepal by the 1990 Nepalese revolution, Triphathi joined the Nepal Sadbhawana Party. He was elected to the House of Representatives from Nawalparasi 3 in the 1991 elections and retained his seat in the 1994 and 1999 elections.

In the wake of the Madhesh movement in 2007, Tripathi resigned from the government of Girija Prasad Koirala and formed the Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party with Mahantha Thakur. He was elected to the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly in the 2008 elections from Nawalparasi 6 but failed to retain his seat in the 2013 elections. File:Hridyesh Tripathi meeting the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Dr. C.P. Joshi, to discuss issues regarding roads and infrastructure in Nepal, in New Delhi on October 21, 2011.jpg

In 2017, he quit the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and formed the Independent Political Group that contested the 2017 elections under the election symbol of CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist).{{Cite web |last=Republica |title=Five leaders including Tripathi quit RJP; to contest election with 'sun' |url=http://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/28413/ |access-date=2022-06-09 |website=My Republica |language=en}} He was elected to the House of Representatives from Nawalparasi West 1 and was a member of the CPN (UML) parliamentary party.

On 14 December 2021, he announced the formation of People's Progressive Party. He emphasized the need of a party concentrated towards agrarianism, ideological debate and addressing the demands of Madhesh and Tharuhat region which were not included in constitution.

Personal life

Tripathi is married to Shobha Tripathi with whom he has two daughters and a son.

Electoral history

class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Office ! rowspan="2" \|Electorate ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" \|Party ! rowspan="2" \|Main opponent ! colspan="3" \|Votes for Tripathi ! rowspan="2" \|Result
Total !% !{{abbr\|2=Position\|P}}.
1991 \|Representative \|Nawalparasi 3 \|style="background-color:{{party color\|Nepal Sadbhawana Party}};" \| \|Nepal Sadbhawana Party \| \|16,707 \|41.8% \|1st \|{{yes2\|Won}}
1994 \|Representative \|Nawalparasi 3 \|style="background-color:{{party color\|Nepal Sadbhawana Party}};" \| \|Nepal Sadbhawana Party \|Triyugi Narayan Chaudhari \|15,297 \|35.7% \|1st \|{{yes2\|Won}}
1999 \|Representative \|Nawalparasi 3 \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Nepal Sadbhawana Party}};" \| \|Nepal Sadbhawana Party \|Triyugi Narayan Chaudhari \|18,133 \|37.0% \|1st \|{{yes2\|Won}}
2008 \|Constituent \|Nawalparasi 6 \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party}};" \| \|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party \|Devkaran Prasad Kalwar \|10,029 \|25.0% \|1st \|{{yes2\|Won}}
2013 \|Constituent \|Nawalparasi 6 \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party}};" \| \|Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party \|Devkaran Prasad Kalwar \|8,424 \|23.1% \|2nd \|{{no2\|Lost}}
2017 \|Representative \|Nawalparasi West 1 \| style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)}};" \| \|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) \|Devkaran Prasad Kalwar \|38,592 \|51.0% \|1st \|{{yes2\|Won}}
2017 \|Representative \|Nawalparasi West 1 \| style="background-color:{{party color\|People's Progressive Party (Nepal)}};" \| \|People's Progressive Party (Nepal) \|Binod Chaudhary \|22,328 \|31.0% \|2nd \|{{no2\|Lost}}

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! rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Office

! rowspan="2" |Electorate

! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Party

! rowspan="2" |Main opponent

! colspan="3" |Votes for Tripathi

! rowspan="2" |Result

Total

!{{abbr|2=Position|P}}.

1991

|Representative