Narayan Prakash Saud

Narayan Prakash Saud (Nepali: नारायण प्रकाश साउद) (commonly known as NP Saud) is a central member of Nepali Congress, assumed the post of the Minister of Irrigation on 25 February 2014 under Sushil Koirala-led government. He became a Member of Parliament after winning the 2022 general elections.[1][2][3]

Honourable
Narayan Prakash Saud
MP
नारायण प्रकाश साउद
In office
25 February 2014 – 11 October 2015
PresidentRam Baran Yadav
Prime MinisterSushil Koirala
Vice PresidentParamananda Jha
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Preceded byNar Bahadur Dhami
ConstituencyKanchanpur 2
In office
May 1999 – May 2002
Preceded byRam Kumar Gyawali
Succeeded byPuran Rana Tharu
ConstituencyKanchanpur 1
Member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byDevi Lal Chaudhary
Succeeded byNar Bahadur Dhami
Personal details
Born (1962-08-09) 9 August 1962
Dadeldhura District, Nepal
NationalityNepali
Political partyNepali Congress
SpouseJyotshna Saud

He was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election on behalf of the Nepali Congress.[4] He served as the State Minister of Education and Sports in 2058 BS. He was the NC candidate in the Kanchanpur-2 constituency for the 2008 Constituent Assembly election.[5] Saud was defeated in the December 2017 election.[6] Narayan Prakash Saud won the 2022 general elections with more than 6500 votes and became a member of the house of representatives on behalf of the Nepali Congress. He assumed the office in 22nd of December, 2022. He got 28100 votes, his nearest rival Nar Bahadur Dhami of CPN-UML got 21645 votes. He relayed various parliamentary responsibilities as a member of the parliamentary committee.

References
  1. "18 Ministers sworn-in, Cabinet meeting held". My Republica. 25 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. "Nepali Times | The Brief » Blog Archive » Meet the new cabinet of Ministers". Nepali Times. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. "Diplomatic initiatives being made to ease border blockade: Minister Saud". Himalayan Times. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  4. Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2006-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. The Rising Nepal Archived 2007-07-26 at archive.today
  6. "NP Saud loses with more than 8,000 votes". myRepublica. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
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