Krishna Bahadur Mahara is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP).

After the Maoists entered the peace process, he was elected to parliament/constituent-assembly multiple times, and also became cabinet minister.

He was subsequently appointed as Minister of Information and Communication in the cabinet headed by CPN (M) Chairman Prachanda and sworn in on 22 August 2008.

[4] Mahara resigned as Speaker on 1 October at the behest of his party,[5] and was subsequently arrested.

[6] Krishna Bahadur Mahara was also arrested and brought to Kathmandu for investigation into his alleged involvement in a major gold smuggling case.