{"id":358371,"date":"2023-07-06T20:28:26","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineradionepal.gov.np\/en\/?p=358371"},"modified":"2023-07-06T20:28:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T14:43:28","slug":"newly-appointed-cm-thapa-a-democracy-stalwart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2023\/07\/06\/358371.html","title":{"rendered":"Newly appointed CM Thapa, a democracy stalwart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Biratnagar:<\/strong> Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress in Koshi Province, Uddhav Thapa, has been appointed Chief Minister today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineradionepal.gov.np\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/uddab-thapa-1000x500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-358372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/uddab-thapa-1000x500-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/uddab-thapa-1000x500-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/uddab-thapa-1000x500-1-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thapa had embarked on politics through his involvement in Nepal Students&#8217; Union at Shankar Dev Campus, Kathmandu, in 2032BS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was one among the members of security front of late BP Koirala during the publicity campaign launched for the establishment of multiparty and against autocratic panchayat system in 2036BS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born to father Hem Bahadur Thapa and mother Dambar Kumari Thapa at Arjundhara Municipality-7 of Jhapa district on Mangsir 15, 2014BS, Uddhav Thapa had played a significant role in the movement of 2046BS for the restoration of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was elected Koshi Province President from the 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to his student politics, Thapa also involved in local politics- became VDC secretary of Nepali Congress. He continued his political career earning progress from becoming president of the party in constituency no 2 of Jhapa, district secretary, to the district president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the wake of 13th general convention of Nepali Congress, he fostered the concept of &#8216;politics in east&#8217;, conducted massive political orientation, and envisioned development and practical politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had endured cruel treatment at the hands of then Nepal Army while protesting against the royal takeover of 2061BS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thapa holds a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree in Commerce. Leader Thapa is known as a bold, judgmental and practical person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress in Koshi Province, Uddhav Thapa, has been appointed Chief Minister today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":358372,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-358371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358371"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":358373,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358371\/revisions\/358373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358371"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=358371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}