Ram Bahadur Thapa
{{short description|Nepali politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Ram Bahadur Thapa
| native_name = राम बहादुर थापा "बादल"
| image =
| caption =
| office = Deputy chairman of CPN (UML)
| termstart = 30 November 2021
| termend =
| office1 = Minister for Home Affairs
| predecessor1 = Sher Bahadur Deuba
| successor1 = Khagaraj Adhikari
| 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 = {{birth date and age|1955|5|12|df=y}}{{cite web | url=https://annapurnapost.com/news/91997 | title=रामबहादुर थापा 'बादल': जनयुद्धका मिथकीय पात्रदेखि गृहमन्त्रीसम्म }}
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Ram Bahadur Thapa ({{langx|ne|राम बहादुर थापा}}), also widely known by his nom de guerre Badal, is a Nepali politician and former Minister for Home Affairs.{{cite web|url=https://www.nepal.gov.np/NationalPortal/view-page?id=157|title=The Official Portal of Government of Nepal|publisher=Government of Nepal|accessdate=2018-08-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831105618/https://nepal.gov.np/NationalPortal/view-page?id=157|archivedate=2018-08-31|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://moha.gov.np/profile/getProfile/5|title=Incumbent Home Minister of Nepal|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (Nepal)|accessdate=2018-08-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809090946/http://moha.gov.np/profile/getProfile/5|archivedate=2018-08-09|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://ncp.org.np/content/-6.html|title=Leaders of Nepal Communist Party|publisher=Nepal Communist Party|accessdate=2018-08-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809121743/http://ncp.org.np/content/-6.html|archivedate=2018-08-09|url-status=dead}} He is the vice president of CPN (UML).{{Cite web|title=एमाले पदाधिकारी निर्वाचनमा कसको कति मत ?|url=https://ekantipur.com/news/2021/11/30/163827099627267317.html|access-date=2021-11-30|website=ekantipur.com|language=ne}}
Political life
Before the establishment of the Nepal Communist Party, he was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre).{{Cite web|title=रामबहादुर थापा 'बादल': जनयुद्धका मिथकीय पात्रदेखि गृहमन्त्रीसम्म|url=https://annapurnapost.com/news/91997|access-date=2021-11-30|website=रामबहादुर थापा 'बादल': जनयुद्धका मिथकीय पात्रदेखि गृहमन्त्रीसम्म|language=en}} 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.{{cite web |title=बादलको दुःख ज्ञानेन्द्रको जस्तै ! पहिले कटवाल काण्ड, अहिले अर्कै |url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2018/10/712383 |website=Onlinekhabar |accessdate=24 August 2020}}
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.{{Cite web|title=एमालेमा गएका माओवादी नेताको सांसद पद जाने, यस्तो छ प्रक्रिया|url=https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2021/03/937831|access-date=2021-11-30|website=Online Khabar|language=en-US}}
Electoral history
= [[2008 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election|2008 Constituent Assembly election]] =
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Chitwan-2 |
| colspan="2" |Party
!Candidate !Votes |
|---|
| style="background-color:darkred" |
|Ram Bahadur Thapa |21,409 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nepali Congress}}" |
|13,009 |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)}}" |
|CPN (Unified Marxist–Leninist) |Kashi Nath Adhikari |11,312 |
| style="background-color:indianred" |
|Bhagwati Ghimire |2,179 |
| | colspan="2" |Others
|1,775 |
| colspan="3" |Invalid votes
|2,272 |
| colspan="2" |Result
! colspan="2" |Maoist gain |
| colspan="4" |Source: Election Commission{{Cite web|date=2009-10-03|title=Ca Election report|url=http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003184536/http://www.election.gov.np/reports/CAResults/reportBody.php|archive-date=2009-10-03}} |
See also
References
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Category:Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians
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Category:Members of the National Assembly (Nepal)
Category:Government ministers of Nepal
Category:People of the Nepalese Civil War
Category:People from Gulmi District
Category:Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
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