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Balendra Shah, 35, a former mayor of Kathmandu who is the Himalayan nation’s youngest prime minister in decades, will be ...

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A 35-year-old rapper turned mayor, Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, looks set to become Nepal’s youngest-ever prime minister. His party, Rastriya Swatantra, or RSP, secured a landslide victory ...

Rastriya Swatantra Party election candidate Balendra Shah arrives at a polling station to vote during Nepal's parliamentary election in Kathmandu on March 5, 2026. Reporter In the wake of the Gen Z ...

Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious. By Hannah BeechBinod Ghimire and Sajal Pradhan Reporting from Kathmandu, Nepal In ...

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Nepal's Gen Z ...

A former rapper is on track to win Nepal’s first election since youth-driven protests toppled the incumbent political leadership last year. Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, who won the ...

Refreshing winds of change swept Nepal as it went into polls after youth-led protests had erupted to display the deep-rooted disenchantment that had been building for years under the old regimes. In ...

A 36-year-old man of great determination has emerged as the leader most young Nepalis looked up to when politics appeared bleak to them. Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, is more or less ...

Rapper Balendra Shah has defeated the former Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli in his parliamentary constituency, as he takes a step closer to becoming Nepal's next prime minister. Nepal's ...