Khem Raj Bhatta Mayalu

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Khem Raj Bhatta Mayalu is a Nepalese politician and a leader of the Nepali Congress (Democratic). During the Panchayat regime he was the general secretary of the underground leftist group Nepal Janabadi Morcha, and lived in exile in Lucknow, India. After the 1985 bombings, which NJM claimed responsibility for, Mayalu was awarded a death sentence in absentia.

In the 1994 legislative elections Mayalu was the candidate of NJM in the Dadeldhura constituency. Mayalu came second with 9966 votes. The seat was won by Sher Bahadur Deuba of Nepali Congress, who got 20701 votes.

Later Mayalu joined the Nepali Congress. He won the Bardia 3 seat in the 1999 legislative elections as a Nepali Congress candidate. He got 15574 votes.

On February 23, 2001 Maoists attacked Mayalu's residence in Guleriya. In total Maoists have seized 15 bighas of land belonging to Mayalu.

When Sher Bahadur Deuba split away from Nepali Congress and formed Nepali Congress (Democratic), Mayalu followed him. On October 18, 2001, Mayalu was named Minister of General Administration in Deuba's cabinet. Somewhat ironically, the former police chief Dil Bahadur Lama was named as the Assistant Minister of General Administration. Lama had issued Mayalu's arrest warrant during the 1980s.

Mayalu was arrested on March 8 and later on May 29, 2005 following a crack-downs on prodemocracy protests.