Bam Dev Gautam is the current Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal. He is a senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal. He is currently the senior Vice Chairman of CPN and a member of the Standing Committee of the Party.In February 2009, Bam Dev Gautam was elected one of the Vice-Chairman of CPN(UML) in Butwal General Convention. On 2 May 2010 during Maoist protests, Bam Dev Gautam called for the Prime Minister to resign to end the current political stalemate. He is a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Bardia–1 seat in CA assembly, 2013 from the Communist Party of Nepal .
