Gagan Thapa

Thapa was born in a conservative middle-class family.{{sfn|Jha|2014|p=63}} Born and raised in Kathmandu, Thapa graduated from Siddhartha Vanasthali School in 1992. He finished his Bachelors of Science in Chemistry from Tri Chandra College in 1998.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} He completed his M.A. in Sociology from Tribhuvan University in 2003.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Thapa was the president of the Free Student Union of Tri Chandra College from 1998 to 2000. He was a Committee Member of the Nepal Students Union from 1998 to 2002, Vice President from 2000 to 2002, and its General Secretary from 2002 to 2004.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

After the dissolution of Parliament and declaration of emergency by King Gyanendra, Thapa took a vehement stand against the royal regime and called for the establishment of a republic.{{sfn|Jha|2014|p=63}} He called for greater involvement of youth in the movement,{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/education-strike-schools-colleges-shut/|title=Education strike: Schools, colleges shut|date=2004-04-23|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101344/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/education-strike-schools-colleges-shut/|url-status=live}} and called on students to take to the streets to launch a decisive movement for the restoration of democracy.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/students-for-drive-to-revive-democracy/|title=Students for drive to revive democracy|date=2005-04-07|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101341/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/students-for-drive-to-revive-democracy/|url-status=live}} He was jailed on charges of sedition in 2004.{{Cite web|title=At the gates- Nepali Times|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=5061|access-date=2019-08-09|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101333/http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php%3Fid%3D5061|url-status=live}} On 26 April 2005, he and two other NSU activists were arrested but released on 5 May after the Supreme Court deemed their detention illegal. Thapa was immediately rearrested and served with a 90-day detention order under the Public Security Act (PSA).{{Cite news|url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/84000/asa310432005en.pdf|title=Nepal Crisis Alert Action: Student Activists|date=May 2005|work=Amnesty International|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101331/https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/84000/asa310432005en.pdf|url-status=live}} He was declared a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International.{{Cite web|url=http://www.amnestynepal.org/campaigns/ai-nepal-activities/ai-nepal%E2%80%99s-17th-national-council-meeting.html|title=AI Nepal's 17th National Council Meeting|website=www.amnestynepal.org|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101335/http://www.amnestynepal.org/campaigns/ai-nepal-activities/ai-nepal%25E2%2580%2599s-17th-national-council-meeting.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=676|title=Damned if they do, damned if they don't- Nepali Times|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101331/http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php%3Fid%3D676|url-status=live}} Following a Special Court order in July 2005, Thapa was arrested from the Singha Durbar Ward Police Station where he had gone to meet his colleagues,{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/gagan-thapa-arrested-in-7-day-remand/|title=Gagan Thapa arrested; in 7-day remand|date=2005-07-26|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101344/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/gagan-thapa-arrested-in-7-day-remand/|url-status=live}} and was subsequently interrogated by The Office of the Kathmandu District Government Attorney for his involvement in 'offense against the state' by chanting anti-monarchy slogans at a rally.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/i-was-exercising-a-right-thapa/|title=I was exercising a right: Thapa|date=2005-07-30|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809101438/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/i-was-exercising-a-right-thapa/|url-status=live}} Following immense international pressure, Thapa was released in August 2005.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

The same month, Thapa announced his candidacy for the President of the Nepal Student Union (NSU), the student wing of the Nepal Congress Party (NC). Thapa was excluded from the race by Nepal Congress Party President, Girija Prasad Koirala, on charges of being 'agents of the palace' alongside NC Central Member Narhari Acharya. During the 10th General Convention of the NSU in Pokhara, there were fights between the Koirala faction and the Thapa faction. Thapa accused the party leadership of preventing the closed-door session from being held to forestall adoption of a pro-republican agenda{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/goodfellas/|title=Goodfellas|date=2005-08-16|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809111153/https://thehimalayantimes.com/opinion/goodfellas/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=784|title=Despondent Koirala- Nepali Times|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809120322/http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php%3Fid%3D784|url-status=live}}

In January 2006, Thapa urged the youth to boycott the municipal polls.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/disrupt-polls-youths-told/|title=Disrupt polls, youths told|date=2006-01-13|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809111152/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/disrupt-polls-youths-told/|url-status=live}} The democracy movement succeeded in April. In May, he called for leaders of political parties to make public their personal property.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/call-to-reveal/|title=Call to reveal|date=2006-05-18|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809110920/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/call-to-reveal/|url-status=live}} Thapa was seen as an advocate of peaceful protests. On 2 July 2006, Thapa in an interview with BBC News on the fifth anniversary of Nepalese royal massacre asserted that "..The Nepalese have begun writing a new autobiography for Nepal, an autobiography with a vision, philosophy and an ideology; a distinct autobiography with socio-economic and cultural harmony and prosperity; an autobiography displaying the life and history of the common men and women of Nepal."{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5033512.stm|title = People's movement defines Nepal|date = 2 June 2006}} He also continued advocate for the abolition of monarchy throughout 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/students-want-people-to-draft-interim-statute/|title=Students want people to draft interim statute|date=2006-06-25|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809111109/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/students-want-people-to-draft-interim-statute/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/monarchy-must-be-eliminated-gagan/|title=Monarchy must be eliminated: Gagan|date=2006-09-23|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809110931/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/monarchy-must-be-eliminated-gagan/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/monarchy-democracy-donaet-gel-gagan-thapa/|title=Monarchy, democracy don't gel: Gagan Thapa|date=2006-11-22|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809110919/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/monarchy-democracy-donaet-gel-gagan-thapa/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/gagan-hits-out-at-monarchy/|title=Gagan hits out at monarchy|date=2006-12-17|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809111141/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/gagan-hits-out-at-monarchy/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/once-over-831/|title=ONCE-OVER|date=2007-02-10|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809110920/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/once-over-831/|url-status=live}} During the 12th National Convention of the NSU in 2007, Thapa pulled out his candidacy for the post of President, claiming that "The NC leadership has remained biased against me and therefore I have declared that I would not contest".{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nsu-convention-today/|title=NSU convention today|date=2007-05-20|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809111047/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nsu-convention-today/|url-status=live}}

Gagan Thapa was elected to the First Constituent Assembly (CA) under the party-list proportional representation system from Nepali Congress.{{Cite web|title=Thapa, Sharma win Congress general secretary posts|url=https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/12/16/thapa-sharma-win-congress-general-secretary-posts|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216115157/https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2021/12/16/thapa-sharma-win-congress-general-secretary-posts|archive-date=16 December 2021|access-date=16 December 2021}}

Thapa won a seat in the Central Working Committee of Nepali Congress in the 12th National Convention held in 2010, receiving the highest number of votes.

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Thapa was elected as a Member of Parliament of the Second Constituent Assembly following election in November 2013, following the failure of the first CA. Thapa won from Kathmandu-4 with 22,336 votes against candidates Nirmal Kuikel of CPN (UML) (9,028 votes) and Nanda Kishor Pun (Pashang) of the UCPN Maoists (6,462 votes). He was also chairman of the Agriculture and Water Resources Committee.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2014/08/28/house-elects-chairpersons-in-12-parliamentary-committees|title=House elects chairpersons in 12 parliamentary committees|website=kathmandupost.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812113601/https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2014/08/28/house-elects-chairpersons-in-12-parliamentary-committees|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/house-committee-discusses-landslide-and-water-induced-disasters/|title=House committee discusses landslide and water-induced disasters|date=2015-06-08|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809120344/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/house-committee-discusses-landslide-and-water-induced-disasters/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/nation/Nepal-development-black-hole,3111|title=Nepal's development black hole {{!}} Nation {{!}} Nepali Times|last=Rai|first=Lokmani|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=13 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813042002/http://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/nation/Nepal-development-black-hole,3111|url-status=live}} He urged for the formation of a commission to settle issues of provincial boundaries with the mandate to demarcate provincial boundaries quickly, adding that the new constitution should be promulgated without finalizing the boundaries of proposed provinces.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/form-commission-to-settle-boundaries/|title=Form commission to settle boundaries|date=2015-09-12|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809120318/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/form-commission-to-settle-boundaries/|url-status=live}} Thapa also pushed the government to address the Madhes agitation by addressing the demands of Madhes, further blaming the government for promoting black marketing in the face of the 2015 Nepal Blockade and the Terai unrest, right after the 2015 Earthquake.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/address-madhes-unrest-pronto-say-nc-leaders/|title=Resolve Madhes unrest pronto, say NC leaders|date=2015-12-02|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809120322/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/address-madhes-unrest-pronto-say-nc-leaders/|url-status=live}} He condemned the blockade imposed by India, terming it "an inhuman move".{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/blockade-will-end-if-pm-goes-to-tarai-claims-gagan-thapa/|title=Blockade will end if PM goes to Tarai, claims Gagan Thapa|date=2015-11-09|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809122235/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/blockade-will-end-if-pm-goes-to-tarai-claims-gagan-thapa/|url-status=live}} In December 2013, Thapa endorsed the campaign "No Thanks, I Carry My Own Bag".{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/business/Led-by-the-young,2175|title=Led by the young {{!}} Business {{!}} Nepali Times|last=Shrestha|first=Sahina|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=13 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813041958/https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/business/Led-by-the-young,2175|url-status=live}}

Thapa started the Livable Kathmandu Campaign, which was an effort towards the sustainable development of the Kathmandu Valley.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/hamro-dayitwa-nepal-youth,1641|title=Taking responsibility {{!}} Nepali Times Buzz {{!}} Nepali Times|last=Shakya|first=Ayesha|website=archive.nepalitimes.com|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=13 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813041954/https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/Nepali-Times-Buzz/hamro-dayitwa-nepal-youth,1641|url-status=live}}

On 26 August 2016, Thapa was sworn into office as the Minister for Health by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/13-new-ministers-take-oath-president/|title=13 new ministers from Nepali Congress take oath from President|date=2016-08-26|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330143343/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/13-new-ministers-take-oath-president/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/4520/|title=Health Minister Gagan Thapa assumes office (with video)|last=Republica|website=My Republica|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812115103/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/4520/|url-status=live}}

Thapa was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2017 Nepalese Legislative Election in December 2017 from Kathmandu-4 for the second time consecutively.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/gagan-thapa-nepali-congress-wins-kathmandu-4/|title=Gagan Thapa of NC wins in Kathmandu 4|date=2017-12-09|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812113809/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/gagan-thapa-nepali-congress-wins-kathmandu-4/|url-status=live}} He is a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Health.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

While campaigning during the election, Thapa along with 10 others was injured when an IED exploded at Chapali Height in Kathmandu. Thapa suffered minor injuries to his head and back in the explosion.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2017/12/04/nc-leader-thapa-injured-in-ied-explosion|title=NC leader Thapa among 11 injured in Chapali IED explosion|website=kathmandupost.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812193423/https://kathmandupost.com/valley/2017/12/04/nc-leader-thapa-injured-in-ied-explosion|url-status=live}} There was a lot of outrage, both from Nepali Congress leaders as well leaders of opposition and other parties, directed at the government following the government's inability to figure out the perpetrators, given that Thapa's party was in majority control of the government at the time.{{Cite web|url=https://kathmandupost.com/editorial/2017/12/06/where-is-the-security|title=Where is the security?|website=kathmandupost.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-12|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812193424/https://kathmandupost.com/editorial/2017/12/06/where-is-the-security|url-status=live}}

Thapa was critical of the Information Technology Bill on grounds of it "curtailing the fundamental rights of people to freedom of expression and opinion, and was hence against the spirit of the constitution."{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-congress-mps-criticise-information-technology-bill/|title=Nepali Congress MPs criticise Information Technology Bill|date=2019-02-23|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-23|archive-date=27 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227074447/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-congress-mps-criticise-information-technology-bill/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/itb-curtails-fundamental-rights-of-people/|title=ITB curtails fundamental rights of people|date=2019-02-26|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-23|archive-date=23 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823100915/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/itb-curtails-fundamental-rights-of-people/|url-status=live}} On 29 November 2018, Thapa had called for a civil disobedience against the 4 day odd-even traffic rule issued to manage the Asia Pacific Summit 2018 by the government. Thapa commented that the organization had a controversial history of accusations of mass proselytism as well as the illegal promotion of Christianity and the public should not suffer for such an unjust cause.{{Cite web|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nc-leader-gagan-thapa-calls-for-civil-disobedience-of-odd-even-rule/|title=NC leader Gagan Thapa calls for civil-disobedience of Odd-Even rule|date=29 November 2018}}

In March 2016, Thapa unsuccessfully contested for the post of the Nepali Congress Party's general secretary, competing against Arjun Narsingh KC (his father-in-law), and Shashank Koirala.{{Cite web|date=2016-03-02|title=Sitaula announces candidacy for NC president with Thapa as general secretary|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/krishna-prasad-sitaula-announces-candidacy-for-nc-president-with-gagan-thapa-as-general-secretary/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112856/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/krishna-prasad-sitaula-announces-candidacy-for-nc-president-with-gagan-thapa-as-general-secretary/|archive-date=29 December 2017|access-date=2019-08-12|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Nepali Times {{!}} The Brief » Blog Archive » Koirala and Yadav win|url=https://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2016/03/08/koirala-new-nc-general-secretary/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611122858/http://www.nepalitimes.com/blogs/thebrief/2016/03/08/koirala-new-nc-general-secretary/|archive-date=11 June 2017|access-date=2019-08-12|language=en-US}} He was the only candidate who represented the youth among the 10 aspirants of office bearer positions in the country's oldest and largest political party.{{Cite web|title=Transforming party my goal: Gagan Thapa|url=https://kathmandupost.com/interviews/2016/03/05/transforming-party-my-goal-gagan-thapa|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812193423/https://kathmandupost.com/interviews/2016/03/05/transforming-party-my-goal-gagan-thapa|archive-date=12 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-12|website=kathmandupost.com|language=en}} As a Central Committee Member,{{Cite web|title=NepaliCongress.org- Nepali Congress Official website {{!}} Political party of Nepal|url=https://www.nepalicongress.org/index.php?linkId=26|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717121706/https://www.nepalicongress.org/index.php?linkId=26|archive-date=17 July 2019|access-date=2019-08-12|website=www.nepalicongress.org}} Thapa has called for a change in the Nepali Congress's leadership through a special party convention.{{Cite web|title=Congress should do some soul-searching, say leaders|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/12/11/congress-should-do-some-soul-searching-say-leaders|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812113604/https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/12/11/congress-should-do-some-soul-searching-say-leaders|archive-date=12 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-12|website=kathmandupost.com|language=en}} Thapa also lead the party's central publicity and communication committee for the federal and provincial elections.{{Cite web|title=Gagan to head NC's poll publicity wing|url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/11/09/gagan-to-head-ncs-poll-publicity-wing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813110654/https://kathmandupost.com/national/2017/11/09/gagan-to-head-ncs-poll-publicity-wing|archive-date=13 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-13|website=kathmandupost.com|language=en}}

Thapa was one of the candidates for the post of General Secretary in the 14th general convention of Nepali Congress{{Cite web|title=NC leader Thapa announces candidacy for the post of General Secretary|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/nc-leader-thapa-announces-candidacy-for-the-post-of-general-secretary/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216115617/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/nc-leader-thapa-announces-candidacy-for-the-post-of-general-secretary/|archive-date=16 December 2021|access-date=16 December 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Gagan Thapa appeals to GC representatives to vote for Koirala|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/gagan-thapa-appeals-to-gc-representatives-to-vote-for-koirala/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214150937/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/gagan-thapa-appeals-to-gc-representatives-to-vote-for-koirala/|archive-date=14 December 2021|access-date=16 December 2021}}

Thapa has long expressed his desire for party reformation and has worked to that end for more than a decade,{{Cite web|date=2016-03-09|title=Thapa to continue efforts for Congress transformation|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/thapa-continue-efforts-congress-transformation/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823100714/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/thapa-continue-efforts-congress-transformation/|archive-date=23 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-23|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US}} calling for the replacement of the general and active membership in 2015{{Cite web|date=2015-12-17|title=Nepali Congress CWC divided over report on active membership|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nc-cwc-divided-over-report-on-active-membership/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823100619/https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nc-cwc-divided-over-report-on-active-membership/|archive-date=23 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-23|website=The Himalayan Times|language=en-US}}

In 2008, Thapa married Anjana KC, daughter of Arjun Narsingh KC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nepalicongress.org/index.php?linkId=26|title=NepaliCongress.org- Nepali Congress Official website {{!}} Political party of Nepal|website=www.nepalicongress.org|access-date=2019-08-23|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717121706/https://www.nepalicongress.org/index.php?linkId=26|url-status=live}}

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• {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcSHCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|title=Battles of the New Republic: A Contemporary History of Nepal|last=Jha|first=Prashant|date=2014|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781849044592|language=en|access-date=21 May 2020|archive-date=17 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217150823/https://books.google.com/books?id=vcSHCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|url-status=live}}

• {{Official website|http://gaganthapa.com.np/}}
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190809154106/https://www.hqsscommission.org/people/gagan-thapa/ Lancet Global Health Commission]}}
• [https://www.weforum.org/people/gagan-thapa World Economic Forum]
• [https://twitter.com/thapagk Gagan Thapa] on Twitter
• [https://www.facebook.com/thapagk/ Gagan Thapa] on Facebook

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