Ram Bahadur Thapa | |
Native Name: | राम बहादुर थापा "बादल" |
Office: | Deputy chairman of CPN (UML) |
Termstart: | 30 November 2021 |
Office1: | Minister for Home Affairs |
Predecessor1: | Sher Bahadur Deuba |
Term Start1: | 26 February 2018 |
Term End1: | 20 May 2021 |
Primeminister1: | Khadga Prasad Oli |
President1: | Bidhya Devi Bhandari |
Office2: | Member of National Assembly from Bagmati |
Term Start2: | 2017 |
Term End2: | 18 April 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Position Established |
Successor2: | Dr. Khim Lal Devkota |
Office3: | Minister of Defence |
Term Start3: | 18 August 2008 |
Term End3: | 25 May 2009 |
Primeminister3: | Pushpa Kamal Dahal |
President3: | Ram Baran Yadav |
Otherparty: | Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (2016-2018) Nepal Communist Party (NCP) (2018-2021) |
Party: | CPN (UML) (2021-present) |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1955[1] |
Birth Place: | Gulmi, Nepal |
Ram Bahadur Thapa (Nepali: राम बहादुर थापा), also widely known by his nom de guerre Badal, is a Nepali politician and former Minister for Home Affairs.[2] [3] [4] He is the vice president of CPN (UML).[5]
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]
Chitwan-2 | ||||
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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] |