Top Bahadur Rayamajhi was elected from the Maoists in the 2064, 2070, and 2074 elections and from the UML in 2079.
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The UML District Committee has recommended five people, including Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, who is in custody in the fake Bhutanese refugee case, as candidates for the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on Falgun 21.
The meeting held in Sandhikharka on Tuesday recommended Rayamajhi, UML District President Pitambar Bhusal, Bijula Rayamajhi, Bom Bahadur Bishwakarma and Bhoj Bahadur Shah as candidates, informed the party's District Secretary Toj Bahadur Rayamajhi.
Top Bahadur has been incarcerated in Kathmandu's Dillibazaar Jail for two years. Even though Congress leader Balkrishna Khand, who was involved in the same case, has been released, Rayamajhi is still in jail. 'If there is legal ease for Top Bahadur to become a candidate, he is the one,' said UML District Secretary Toj Bahadur. 'We will go for other options only if there is legal inconvenience or if he refuses to contest the election. If Top Bahadur is not there, District President Pitambar is the candidate.'
Top Bahadur was elected from the Maoists in the 2064, 070, 074 elections and from the UML in 079. The UML has asserted that he is a leader who is remembered by voters and can win even after the district received a low budget after his imprisonment. This decision was taken at a meeting held under the chief guestship of UML central member and Lumbini Province Chief Minister Chetnath Acharya.
After the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) formed after the unification of UML and Maoist Center split, Rayamajhi left Pushpa Kamal Dahal and joined KP Sharma Oli. He was the UML central secretary.
In 2079, Top Bahadur defeated Nepali Congress central member and former Deputy Speaker Pushpa Bhusal Gautam by a margin of 1,730 votes from a five-party alliance in the district.
