Ram Bahadur Thapa

Ram Bahadur Thapa (राम बहादुर थापा), also widely known by his nom de guerre  Badal,  is a Nepali politician and former Minister for Home Affairs. He is the vice president of CPN (UML).

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.