Biography of ram bahadur thapa badal

Kathmandu, May 21

Influential NCP leader and Minister for Home Affairs Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal), considered one of the key architects of the Maoist rebellion, has formally switched sides to ally with party chief and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.

According to party sources, Prime Minister Oli, impressed by Thapa’s loyalty in matters related to the internal politics of the NCP, is likely to name the former Maoist leader as the party’s chief of organisation.

The party, which was formed after a merger between the erstwhile UML and Maoist Centre parties, has convened a meeting of the secretariat to name the new chief of organisation.

This, according to sources, means that Thapa and his former commander Prachanda, are no longer allies in the party that is divided into several camps.

Thapa, who was earlier accused by the Maoist leadership of trying the Lin Biao  ‘trick’ (the former Chinese military leader who tried to usurp Mao) on Prachanda, established himse