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
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Living people Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians Members of the National Assembly (Nepal) Government ministers of Nepal People of the Nepalese Civil War People from Gulmi District 1955 births {{Bagmati-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly