Ramesh Lekhak

Ramesh Lekhak is a Nepali politician who served as Minister of Home Affairs from 2024 to 2025. Lekhak, a member of the Nepali Congress party was elected to the Pratinidhi Sabha in the 1999 election, 2008 election and 2013 election. Now Ex-Home Minister Lekhak is accused of ordering to open fire with live ammunition against a peaceful protest held by students and other people on September 8.

He has previously served as appointed Minister of Physical Infrastructure & Transport of Nepal. In the 2022 Nepalese general election, he was elected as a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal from Kanchanpur 3 (constituency).

Lekhak resigned from the Home Minister's post on 8 September 2025, taking moral responsibility for the violence in which 23 protesters were killed and over 300 injured after police and security forces opened fire in protests against a corruption and social media ban.