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Prakash Man Singh - Wikipedia

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Honourable Prakash Man Singh MP
प्रकाश मान सिंह

Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 July 2024 Serving with Bishnu Prasad Paudel
President	Ram Chandra Paudel
Prime Minister	K. P. Sharma Oli
In office 25 February 2014 – 12 October 2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
Minister of Federalism and Local Development
In office 2014–2015
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Sushil Koirala
Succeeded by	Bimalendra Nidhi
General Secretary of Nepali Congress
In office 2010–2016 Serving with Krishna Prasad Sitaula
President	Sushil Koirala
Preceded by	Ram Baran Yadav Kul Bahadur Gurung Bimalendra Nidhi
Succeeded by	Shashanka Koirala Purna Bahadur Khadka
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 March 2018
Constituency	Kathmandu 1
Member of Constituent Assembly
In office 28 May 2008 – 14 October 2017
Preceded by	Pradeep Nepal
Constituency	Kathmandu 1
Member of Parliament, Rastriya Sabha
In office 13 November 1995 – 27 June 2001

Personal details
Born	(1956-04-03) 3 April 1956 (age 68) Chhetrapati, Kathmandu
Political party	Nepali Congress
Children	Prabhash Man Singh and Bhaskar Man Singh
Parents	Ganesh Man Singh (father) Mangala Devi Singh (mother)
Alma mater	Master's Degree in Statistics
Website	prakashmansingh.com

Prakash Man Singh (Nepali: प्रकाश मान सिंह) is a Nepalese politician and a leader of the Nepali Congress and current Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He is the son of Nepali politician Ganesh Man Singh. He has also been the Minister of Local Development and Federalism in Sushil Koirala's Cabinet.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Political career

Singh contested the Kathmandu-4 constituency in the 1991 parliamentary election. Singh won 36.13% of the votes in the constituency, but was defeated by Sahana Pradhan of the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist-Leninist) (CPN(UML)).^[5]

In the 1994 parliamentary election, he contested the Kathmandu-3 constituency. Singh won 33.77% of the votes in the constituency, but was defeated by the CPN(UML) candidate Manmohan Adhikari.^[6]

Singh was Minister for Population and Environment in Sher Bahadur Deuba's cabinet formed in 1996. He later became Minister for Supplies in Krishna Prasad Bhattarai's cabinet.^[7]

In the split in the Nepali Congress, Singh sided with the break-away Nepali Congress (Democratic). Singh became vice-president of NC(D).^[8] Singh also became Minister for Physical Planning and Construction in Sher Bahadur Deuba's cabinet.^[9]

Singh was removed from his ministerial position when King Gyanendra took power in February 2005. In February 2005, Singh was arrested for two weeks. Singh was again arrested on April 21, 2005, after refusing to appear for a hearing of the Royal Commission for Corruption Control. Singh, along with Sher Bahadur Deuba, were accused by the RCCC of involvement in a case of corruption relating to the Melamchi Drinking Water Project. Singh had refused to appear in front of the RCCC, as he considering the institution as unconstitutional.^[10]^[11] In July 2005, Singh and Deuba were sentenced to 2 year in jail and a fine of 90 million rupees. Singh was released from jail on February 13, 2006, as the Supreme Court of Nepal ordered the dissolution of the RCCC.^[12]^[13]

After the fall of King Gyanendra's direct rule, Singh became a nominated member of the new interim legislature.^[14]

After the reunification of NC and NC(D), Singh became vice president of Nepali Congress.^[15]

In 2008, he won the Kathmandu-1 seat in the Constituent Assembly election, being the first candidate to be declared a winner. Singh obtained 14318 votes.^[16]^[17]

In the 12th General convention of the Party held on September 22, 2010, Singh was elected as General Secretary of the Party defeating rival candidate Bimalendra Nidhi from Deuba Camp.^[18]

Singh, the son of Ganesh Man Singh fielded candidacy for the post of party president leaving the camp in the 14th general convention of Nepali Congress.^[19] He was able to garner nearly 7% voters opening the way for second round of election as Deuba who obtained 48% votes was unable to cross 50% mark even joining hands with leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula.^[20] Later, Deuba asked Nidhi and Singh for support while Singh said he was ready to support Deuba.^[21] With this, Deuba and Singh came together after almost 12 years.^[22]

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

Kathmandu-1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	10,936
	Bibeksheel Sajha Party	Rabindra Mishra	10,118
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Anil Sharma	5,336
	Others		1,292
	Invalid votes		593
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Kathmandu-1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	15,138
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Renu Dahal	4,064
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Bharat Mani Jangam	3,732
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Bidhya Neupane	3,501
	Others		2,499
Result		Congress hold
Source: Election Commission

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Kathmandu-1
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	14,318
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Pradip Nepal	6,789
	CPN (Maoist Centre)	Ram Man Shrestha	4,836
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal	Gobinda Lamichhane	1,042
	Others		3,336
Result		Congress gain
Source: Election Commission^[23]

1994 legislative elections

Kathmandu-3
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Man Mohan Adhikari	15,642
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	11,378
	Rastriya Prajatantra Party	Jaya Kumar Khadka	4,453
	Rastriya Jana Parishad	Kirti Nidhi Bista	1,180
	Others		755
Result		CPN (UML) hold
Source: Election Commission^[24]^[25]

1991 legislative elections

Kathmandu-4
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Unified Marxist-Leninist)	Sahana Pradhan	28,630
	Nepali Congress	Prakash Man Singh	19,504
Result		CPN (UML) gain
Source: [1]

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