Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar (), also known by his nom de guerre Badal, is a Nepalese politician and a vice chairman of the CPN (UML). He is currently a member and the parliamentary party leader of the CPN (UML) in the parliament. He previously served as Minister of Home Affairs from 2018 to 2021.
Political life Before the establishment of the Nepal Communist Party, he was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre). 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.
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.
Electoral history 2008 Constituent Assembly election Chitwan-2PartyCandidateVotesCPN (Maoist)Ram Bahadur Thapa21,409Nepali CongressEknath Rababhat13,009CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist)Kashi Nath Adhikari11,312CPN (Marxist–Leninist)Bhagwati Ghimire2,179Others1,775Invalid votes2,272ResultMaoist gainSource: Election Commission
See also 2021 split in Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) KP Sharma Oli
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