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{{short description|Nepalese politician and judge}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox officeholder
|image = परमानन्द.jpg
|name = Parmanand Jha<br /><small>परमानन्द झा</small>
|order = 1st
|office = Vice President of Nepal
|president = [[Ram Baran Yadav]]<br />[[Bidhya Devi Bhandari]]
|term_start = 23 July 2008
|term_end = 31 October 2015<ref>{{cite news|title=Nanda Bahadur Pun elected Vice-President of Nepal|url=http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nanda-bahadur-pun-elected-vice-president-of-nepal/|accessdate=31 October 2015|work=Himalayan Times|date=31 October 2015|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109171705/http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nanda-bahadur-pun-elected-vice-president-of-nepal/|archivedate=9 January 2016}}</ref>
|predecessor = Position established
|successor = [[Nanda Kishor Pun]]
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1946}}
|birth_place = [[Darbhanga district]], [[Bihar Province]], [[British India]]
|nationality = [[Nepali people|Nepali]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal|Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum]]
}}
'''Parmanand Jha''' ({{lang-ne|परमानन्द झा}}; born 1946) is a [[Nepalis|Nepali]] politician who served as the first [[Vice President of Nepal]] from 23 July 2008 to 31 October 2015. Previously he served as a [[Supreme Court of Nepal|Supreme Court]] judge. He was born and brought up in [[Darbhanga district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]] with his maternal uncle's home to a Nepali parents - according to Hindu traditions. His father's belongs to historical [[Mithila, Nepal|Mithila region]] of Nepal, and so he is a descendant native citizen and federal subject of Nepal.<ref>[http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/2008/07/25/nepal-vice-president-darbhanga-parmanand-jha.html वन इंडिया » देश उपराष्ट्रपति का भाई साईकिल का दुकानदार] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215170320/http://hindi.oneindia.in/news/2008/07/25/nepal-vice-president-darbhanga-parmanand-jha.html |date=15 December 2013 }} ''[[Oneindia.in]]''. Published 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2013</ref> Jha resigned as a judge in December 2007 after he was not proposed by the Judicial Council.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}. Later, Jha joined political life and became a member of the [[Madhesi Janadhikar Forum]].<ref name="jha">{{Cite web | url = http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul19/news10.php | title = Jha vows to work in independent manner | date = 19 July 2008 | work = Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens | publisher = Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd. | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081007184055/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul19/news10.php | archivedate = 7 October 2008}}</ref> On 19 July 2008, he was [[2008 Nepalese presidential election|elected]] as Vice-President of Nepal by the [[Nepalese Constituent Assembly|Constituent Assembly]].<ref name="jha"/>

He began his first term of office as Vice-President of Nepal on 23 July 2008 by taking the oath of office from President [[Ram Baran Yadav]] at the [[Sheetal Niwas|Sheetal Niwas Presidential Palace]] in [[Maithili language|Maithili]] (despite he intended to take oath in Hindi) in the presence of [[Prime Minister]] [[Girija Prasad Koirala|Girijaprasad Koirala]] and others.

==Hindi oath controversy==

Jha's legitimacy as Vice-President was challenged for taking the oath of office in Hindi<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news | url = http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/other/2008/07/28/167474/New-Nepal.htm | title = New Nepal VP sued for taking oath in Hindi | newspaper = The China Post | author = Associated Press | date = 28 July 2008 | location = Kathmandu, Nepal | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081009034347/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/other/2008/07/28/167474/New-Nepal.htm | archivedate = 9 October 2008}}</ref> by Nepalis.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web | url = http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jul/jul28/news11.php | title = Unknown (dead link) | date = 28 July 2008 | work = Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens | publisher = Mercantile Communications Pvt. Ltd.}}{{dead link | date = December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11clBqZzt_4 | title = Students protest against VP Jha for swearing-in in Hindi (English) | publisher = Nepalnews Mercantile | date = 25 July 2008 | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170407051523/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11clBqZzt_4 | archivedate = 7 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=139067 | title = Unknown (dead link) | publisher = Kantipur Publications Pvt. Ltd. | access-date = 18 December 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090909075959/http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php | archive-date = 9 September 2009 | url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.com.np/united-we-blog/2008/07/25/mind-your-language-mr-vice-president/ |title=Mind your language, Mr. Vice President |work=United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal, We blog for peace and democracy in Nepal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729142509/http://blog.com.np/united-we-blog/2008/07/25/mind-your-language-mr-vice-president/ |archivedate=29 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://parmanandjha.blogspot.com | date = 28 July 2008 | title = Nepali First Vice President (VP) - Parmananda Jha swears in Hindi to re-establish Hindi as a Lingua Franca in Madhesi and Pahadi | publisher = "We Love Parmanand Jha" blog | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708060001/http://parmanandjha.blogspot.com/ | archivedate = 8 July 2011}}</ref> Jha's mother tongue is [[Maithili language|Maithili]] but he is also fluent in [[Hindi]], Bengali, and English.

A written petition was filed by Advocate Balkrishna Neupane at the apex court claiming that the oath was unconstitutional as it was taken in a language not recognized by the interim constitution.<ref name=autogenerated1 /> After a year long court procedure, the Supreme Court on 24 July 2009 ordered Jha to retake the oath of office and secrecy for the second time "in accordance with the Constitution," ruling that taking oath in Hindi was not constitutional.

However, Jha objected to the Supreme Court verdict, accusing the court of being biased and of conflict of interests. He stated that he would decide whether or not to retake the oath after consulting political parties and the "people he represents," i.e., the Madhesias who principally speak Maithili and Bhojpuri. He demanded changes to the law to ensure that all languages (i.e., Hindi) "are given due respect."<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.zeenews.com/news550184.html | title = Is Nepal V-P on collision course with SC? | date = 25 July 2009 | work = South Asia | publisher = Zee News Limited | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090726122741/http://www.zeenews.com/news550184.html | archivedate = 26 July 2009}}</ref>

The Supreme Court's deadline for retaking the oath expired on 30 August 2009. As Jha did not swear once again the oath of office, the office was considered to have become vacant from 31 August 2009. In order to maintain political and ethnic inclusiveness, the Nepalese government did not seek a new Vice-President but continued to work with Jha towards a compromise, seeking to re-instate him. Changes were made to the law to allow the oath of office to be taken in native ethnic languages, e.g., Jha's native Maithili, and on 7 February 2010, he accordingly took a fresh oath of office as Vice-President in the Maithili language.<ref name="nepalnews.com">{{Cite web | url = https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/vps-fresh-oath-stirs-controversy-again/ | title = VP's fresh oath stirs controversy again | date = 8 February 2010| work = The Himalayan Times }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | newspaper =The Hindu| date = 2010-02-08 | author = Prerana Marasini | location = Kathmandu, Nepal | url = http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/08/Jha_takes_oath_in_Nepali_and_Maithili/ | title = Jha takes oath in Nepali and Mainhili | url-status = live | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140304055426/http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/08/Jha_takes_oath_in_Nepali_and_Maithili/ | archivedate = 4 March 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niutmDTWTSI | title = Nationality is not in crisis, says VP Jha (Exclusive Interview) |publisher = Nepalnews Mercantile | work = YouTube | date = 22 July 2008}}
* {{cite video | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYgh-1_8duM | title = President Yadav, VP Jha sworn in |publisher = Nepalnews Mercantile | work = YouTube | date = 23 July 2008}}

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