Arjun Narasingha K.C.

Arjun Narasingha K.C.
Arjun Narasingha K.C.
अर्जुन नरसिंह केसी
	File:Arjun Narsingh KC - Senior Leader Nepali Congress.jpg Arjun Narasingha KC - Former Minister and Senior Leader of the Nepali Congress
Minister of Urban Development
	In office; 26 August 2016 – 31 May 2017
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Minister of Education and Minister of Housing & Physical Planning
	In office; 15 April 1998 – 31 May 1999
Prime Minister	Girija Prasad Koirala
Minister of Health and Population
	In office; 22 September 1995 – 12 March 1997
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Padma Ratna Tuladhar
Succeeded by	Radha Krishna Mainali
State Minister of Health and Population
	In office; 10 October 1982 – 3 July 1983
Prime Minister	Surya Bahadur Thapa
Preceded by	Birendra Bahadur Singh
Succeeded by	Omkar Prasad Gauchan
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; TBA
Preceded by	Narayan Prasad Khatiwada
Constituency	Nuwakot 2
	In office; May 1991 – May 1999
Preceded by	Consituency established
Succeeded by	Mahendra Bahadur Pandey
Constituency	Nuwakot 3
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
	In office; 21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Bimala Subedi
Succeeded by	Hit Bahadur Tamang
Member of Rastriya Panchayat
	In office; 1981–1986 Serving with Prakash Chandra Lohani
Constituency	Nuwakot
Personal details
Born	27 September 1947 (age 76); Nuwakot, Nepal
Nationality	Nepali
Political party	Nepali Congress
Alma mater	Tribhuwan University (M.A.)
Website	arjunnarasinghakc.com

Arjun Narasingha K.C. (Nepali: अर्जुन नरसिंह केसी) (born 27 September 1950) is a Nepali politician belonging to the Nepali Congress.^[2] KC was appointed minister five times in different coalition governments.^[3] He most served as the Minister of Urban Development in the Second Dahal Cabinet from 2016 to 2017.^[4] KC has been elected to the national legislature a total of three times from his constituency of Nuwakot.

He was the Joint General Secretary of the Nepali Congress (NC) and the spokesperson of the party.^[2]

Education

KC holds a master's degree in political science.^[5] He was a Professor in the Political Science department at the Tribhuvan University.^[6]

Political career

KC won a seat in the 1981 Rastriya Panchayat Election, contesting as an independent at the instructions of the senior Congress leadership.^[7] KC first served as the State Minister for Health under Surya Bahadur Thapa from 1982 to 1983 and then as the Minister for Health, Education and Physical Planning from 1995 to 1999.^[8]^[9] KC was elected as a member of parliament twice in the 1991 and 1994 parliamentary elections.^[6]^[10]

KC lost in the 2017 elections to Narayan Khatiwada .^[11] He is now a senior member of the Central Committee of the Nepali Congress party.^[12] In the 14th General Convention, KC played a leading role forming the Koirala-KC-Thapa panel."^[13]

References

^ ^a ^b http://www.hdixit.org.np/quest/ANNEX-III.PDF ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b Nepali Congress Party Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Tenth Congress convention: When Deuba was up against another Koirala".
^ "13 new ministers take oath from President". 26 August 2016.
^ "nepalese-people-did-not-fight-to-handover-the-regime-from-one-authoritarian-to-the-other". Telegraphnepal.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b [1] Archived 3 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine
^ Shaha, Rishikesh. Politics in Nepal 1980–1990. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, 1990. p. 111.
^ http://www.healthnet.org.np/reports/hdixit/quest/ANNEX-III.PDF ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ [2] Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ "King Gyanendra's regime will fall". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
^ "Intra-party rift to blame for NC poll debacle".
^ Sharma, Gopal (6 May 2010). "Strike chokes Nepal, U.N. seeks mission extension". Reuters. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
^ "बेग्लै हुन्थ्यो कांग्रेसको तस्वीर यी चार नेताले 'बेइमानी' नगरेका भए". Nepal Live. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

External links

Nepali Congress
Arjun Narasingha K.C. Archived 21 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[hdixit.org.np-1] ttp://www.hdixit.org.np/quest/ANNEX-III.PDF ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[:0-2] Nepali Congress Party Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Tenth Congress convention: When Deuba was up against another Koirala".

[4] "13 new ministers take oath from President". 26 August 2016.

[5] "nepalese-people-did-not-fight-to-handover-the-regime-from-one-authoritarian-to-the-other". Telegraphnepal.com. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

[ndi-6] [1] Archived 3 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine

[shaha111-7] Shaha, Rishikesh. Politics in Nepal 1980–1990. New Delhi: Manohar Publications, 1990. p. 111.

[8] ttp://www.healthnet.org.np/reports/hdixit/quest/ANNEX-III.PDF ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[9] [2] Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[10] "King Gyanendra's regime will fall". Asian Tribune. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

[11] "Intra-party rift to blame for NC poll debacle".

[12] Sharma, Gopal (6 May 2010). "Strike chokes Nepal, U.N. seeks mission extension". Reuters. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

[13] "बेग्लै हुन्थ्यो कांग्रेसको तस्वीर यी चार नेताले 'बेइमानी' नगरेका भए". Nepal Live. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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