Shah's party represents a reformist wave reshaping the Himalayan nation's politics since last year’s youth-led uprising.

Thursday's general election was the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September.

Nobody told her to do this. Multiply this actual family scene by hundreds of thousands of households across Nepal and you find the reason for the RSP tsunami. Children ringing bells at parents over ...

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 ...

Listen to our radio program, first aired on SBS South Asian on Tuesday, 10 March 2026 at 2 PM, featuring weekly Australian news, the rise of Balendra Shah in Nepali politics, updates on Nepal’s ...

Balendra Shah's party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal's Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious ...