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'''Pramila Rai''' ([[:ne:प्रमिला राई|प्रमिला राई]], born 12 May 1963<ref name=el13>{{Cite web|url=http://election2013.ujyaaloonline.com/candidates/125/Pramila-Rai/|title=Pramila Rai|website=election2013.ujyaaloonline.com|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref>) is a Nepali politician and an incumbent member of the [[House of Representatives (Nepal)|House of Representatives]] of the [[federal parliament of Nepal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2018/07/29/nc-demands-action-against-prasai-in-parliament|title=NC demands action against Prasai in Parliament|website=kathmandupost.com|language=English|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hr.parliament.gov.np/en/video/2859|title=मा०प्रमिला राई|website=hr.parliament.gov.np|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref> She was also elected to the first constituent assembly in 2008. Daughter of prominent Nepali Congress leader Bal Bahadur Rai, she joined politics as a student, as a member of the student wing of Nepali Congress. Both her elections to the constituent assembly in 2008 and to the House of Representatives in 2017 were under the proportional representation system. An influential party leader in Udayapur District, she contested the second constituent assembly election from Udayapur-2 constituency under the first-past-the-post system but was defeated.

==Early life==
Rai was born on 12 May 1963 in [[Moli]], [[Okhaldhunga District|Okhaldhunga]] to senior Nepali Congress leader, Late [[Bal Bahadur Rai]], and his wife Padam Shova Rai.{{efn|Her mother's name is Pancha Shova Rai according to a different source.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://election2013.ujyaaloonline.com/np/candidates/169/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88/|title=प्रमिला राई|website=election2013.ujyaaloonline.com|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref>}}<ref name=el13/> She has a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor's Degree in the Humanities]].<ref name=el13/>

==Career==
Rai joined politics as a member of [[Nepal Student Union|Nepal Students Union]], the student wing of Nepali Congress, in 1976.<ref name=el13/> She has also been affiliated with two other sister wings of the party, namely, [[Nepal Woman Association|Nepal Women's Association]] and [[Nepal Trade Union Congress]].

She is the founding member of ''Balbahadur Rai Memorial Foundation'' which was established in 2011 in memory of Nepali Congress leader and her father, Balbahadur Rai, who died in 2010.<ref name=bal>{{cite news|url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2011/03/01/325819.html|title=बलबहादुर राई स्मृति प्रतिष्ठान गठन|date=2011-03-02|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref>

===Member of the first Constituent Assembly===
Rai was elected to the first Constituent Assembly in 2008 from Nepali Congress under the proportional representation system, representing [[Udayapur District]].<ref name=nnprs/><ref name=bal/>

===Candidacy for the second Constituent Assembly===
Rai was a candidate for Nepali Congress under the [[first-past-the-post]] system in the [[2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2013 Constituent Assembly Election]], contesting the [[Udayapur District|Udayapur]]-2 constituency. She was defeated by [[Manju Kumari Chaudhary]] of [[CPN UML]] by a margin of 23 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2013/11/138895|title=प्रत्यक्षमा ४५ वर्ष मुनिका सभासद् ४४ जना|website=Online Khabar|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref> Party leaders from district to the ward level in the constituency were dismissed for treason against the party in the aftermath of the loss.<ref name=nnprs/>

===Member of the House of Representatives===
In the [[2017 Nepalese legislative election|2017 federal election]], Rai was elected to the House of Representatives from [[Nepali Congress]] under the [[Proportional representation|proportional representation system]] representing [[Udayapur District]].<ref name=nnprs>{{Cite web|url=https://dev.nagariknetwork.com/news/37625/|title=उदयपुरबाट प्रतिनिधिसभामा २ महिला सांसद थपिए|last=राई|first=महेश्वर चामलिङ|website=Nagarik News|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/names-winner-pr-candidates-recommended/|title=Names of winner PR candidates recommended|date=2018-02-12|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/36284/|title=NC repeats old faces under PR category|last=Republica|website=My Republica|language=en|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref> She filled the seat reserved for women and indigenous groups.<ref name=nnprs/> In the parliament, she serves as a member of the Parliamentary Finance Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setopati.com/politics/164704/|title=अर्थ समितिद्वारा तीन दिनभित्र विवरण बुझाउन निर्देशन|last=Setopati|first=रासस|website=Setopati|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref> She is also a member of the [[Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (Nepal)|Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation]] in the shadow cabinet of the main opposition, [[Nepali Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-congress-forms-shadow-government/|title=NC forms shadow government|date=2019-05-21|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref>

==Views==
Rai considers the citizenship laws in the country discriminatory against women and has vowed to push amendments for complete gender equality in the citizenship-related provisions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setopati.com/politics/164908/|title=महिला सांसद भन्छन् - आमाको नामबाट नागरिकता दिलाउन लड्छौं|last=Setopati|first=शोभा शर्मा|website=Setopati|access-date=2019-12-11}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Rai's permanent residence was at [[Triyuga]] - 10, [[Deuri, Nepal|Deuri]] of Udayapur, {{as of |2013}}.<ref name=el13/> She has two children, a daughter and a son.<ref name=el13/>

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