Udaya Shumsher Rana (; born 1970)Uday Shamsher Rana Ujjyalo Online is a Nepali politician and leader of the Nepali Congress who served as Minister of State for Finance from August 2017 to February 2018. He served as president of Nepal Tarun Dal, the youth wing of Nepali Congress, from February 2012 to November 2016. Following the special convention of Nepali Congress held in January 2026, he was elected Joint General Secretary of the party.
Early life
Personal life Rana was born in Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, to Sagar SJB Rana and Brinda Rana. He has spent most of his formative life in both Nepal and India. He is married to Urvashi Singh Rana and they have two sons Ayush and Samar.
Education He received his primary education from St. Xavier's School Jawalakhel, Lalitpur. For his secondary education he was sent to St Joseph's College (North Point) in Darjeeling and completed his high school from Lawrence School, Sanawar, India. He received his undergraduate (Bachelors in Arts) from St Stephen's College, University of Delhi and holds a master's degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA). He wrote his thesis on Nepal's foreign policy vis-à-vis India and China, which was titled "Foreign Policy of Nepal: Emphasis on relations with India and China”.
Career Rana has various publications in both Nepali and English in leading Nepali news media and has worked as a consultant to various NGO/INGOs including The Asia Foundation, SNV Nepal, ESPS/DANIDA and others. He is currently the Advisor to the Nepal Shooting Association.
Political career Just like many Nepali Congress leaders, his political activism commenced in India. During his educational sojourn in Delhi, he established and became the first President of Nepal Students Union, Delhi (Student organization of Nepali Congress Party). In Delhi, he instigated protests and took out rallies in support of the ‘First People's Movement of 1989’ against the autocratic Panchayat System. His interest in global politics and economics led him to join the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and later was elected as the Vice President. Upon returning to Nepal he devoted majority of his young days in grassroots politics. By 1998, he was already affiliated to Nepal Tarun Dal and was serving as the district president. While being a member of NTD, he fought his first Constitutional Assembly (CA) elections from Lalitpur Constituency No. 1 in 2008. He lost by a narrow margin of thousand votes. Unfazed by his early loss, he redeemed himself in the Second CA elections in 2013 by defeating by opponent by a little more than 8000 votes. His victory in 2013 started his legislative career. He is currently working as a Central Working Committee Member of Nepali congress. He was elected as the Central Working Committee Member with popular votes at 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress.
As a member of parliament, he was a member of the Finance Committee 2014–17 and was also a member of three sub-committees that finalized bills that was passed by the parliament as an Act, which are as follows: Banking and Financial Institute Act (BAFIA) 2015 Cooperative Act 2017 Recommended amendments for the Procurement Act to the PMO. He went on to serve as a Minister of State for Finance from 2017 to 2018.
Comparative table of elections ElectionsParliament of NepalConstituencyPolitical partyResultVote percentageOppositionCandidatePolitical partyVote percentage2008 1st CA Lalitpur 1NC30.54%Barshaman PunMaoist Center33.42%2013 2nd CA Lalitpur 1NC42.11%Madhusudan PaudelCPN(UML)24.23%2017 5th Lalitpur 1NC42.21%Nawaraj SilwalCPN(UML)54.87%2022 6th Lalitpur 1NC48.98%Nawaraj SilwalCPN(UML)39.522026 7th Lalitpur 1NC27.26%Buddha Ratna MaharjanRSP47.13%
Electoral history 2026 House of Representatives Election - Lalitpur 1
2022 House of Representatives Election- Lalitpur 1
2017 House of Representatives Election Lalitpur – 1 Party Candidate Votes StatusCPN (UML) Nawaraj Silwal 26,951 Elected Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana 20,729 Lost
2013 Constituent Assembly Election Lalitpur – 1 Party Candidate Votes Status Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana18,560 ElectedCPN (UML) Madhusudan Poudel 10,682 Lost
2008 Constituent Assembly Election Lalitpur – 1 Party Candidate Votes StatusCommunist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Barshaman Pun 15,329 Elected Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana14,011 Lost
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