Top Bahadur Rayamajhi

Personal life He was born in Argha VDC, ward number 2 of Arghakhanchi district in year 1961.

Political life Rayamajhi assumed the post of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy in the First Oli cabinet. He is a standing committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (UML). He started his political career back in 1974.

He served as the minister for various ministries of Government of Nepal in the past years including Ministry of Physical Planning and Constructions, Ministry of Local Development, Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction. After the arrest of former Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand, Rayamajhi was suspended from his post as Secretary of CPN(UML) on 10 May 2023. Absconding law enforcement for 11 days, he was finally arrested in Budhanilakantha, Kathmandu on 14 May 2023 despite rumors that he had fled to India. The Kathmandu District Court remanded him to three days in judicial custody for further investigation.

On 14 July 2026, Kathmandu district court sentenced Rayamajhi for 4 years imprisonment after finding him guilty on the case.

Electoral history

2017 legislative elections

2013 Constituent Assembly election

2008 Constituent Assembly election