Ram Bahadur Thapa

Ram Bahadur Thapa (Nepali: राम बहादुर थापा), also widely known by his nom de guerre Dahichiure^{[citation needed]} Badal, is a Nepali politician and former Minister for Home Affairs.^[2][3][4] He is the vice president of CPN (UML).^[5]

Ram Bahadur Thapa
राम बहादुर थापा "बादल"
Deputy chairman of CPN (UML)
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 November 2021
Minister for Home Affairs
In office 26 February 2018 – 20 May 2021
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Khadga Prasad Oli
Preceded by	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Succeeded by	Khagaraj Adhikari
Member of National Assembly from Bagmati
In office 2017 – 18 April 2021
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Dr. Khim Lal Devkota
Minister of Defence
In office 18 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
President	Ram Baran Yadav
Prime Minister	Pushpa Kamal Dahal
Personal details
Born	(1955-05-12) 12 May 1955 (age 70)[1] Gulmi, Nepal
Party	CPN (UML) (2021-present)
Other political affiliations	Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (2016-2018) Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (2018-2021)

Political life

Before the establishment of the Nepal Communist Party, he was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).^[6] He was formerly the member of National Assembly from Bagmati Province.

Thapa was the Minister for Defence during the Katawal incident, which led to the resignation of Pushpa Kamal Dahal.^[7]

Thapa led a group of MPs, MLAs and fellow leaders who joined CPN (UML) leaving CPN (Maoist Centre) following the split in Nepal Communist Party.^[8]

Electoral history

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Chitwan-2
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPN (Maoist)	Ram Bahadur Thapa	21,409
	Nepali Congress	Eknath Rababhat	13,009
	CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)	Kashi Nath Adhikari	11,312
	CPN (Marxist–Leninist)	Bhagwati Ghimire	2,179
	Others		1,775
Invalid votes			2,272
Result		Maoist gain
Source: Election Commission[9]

See also

• 2021 split in Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
• KP Sharma Oli