Who is Balendra Shah? The 35-year-old rap star set to be Nepal’s youngest PM - Balendra Shah emerged as a leading figure in ...

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 ...

Gen Z anger at corruption and instability propels Balen Shah and the RSP to a landslide victory in Nepal’s parliamentary election.

Balen Shah, a former rapper and structural engineer, could well become Nepal’s next prime minister. However, many question his credibility to sit in the country’s highest post, pointing to a slew of ...

Riding a Gen-Z wave in Nepal’s polls, the Kathmandu mayor’s rise is also marked by sharp rhetoric and recurring controversies.

How Balen Shah Is Rewriting Nepal’s Political Playbook in the 2026 Election. Kathmandu, 5 March : Nepal went to the polls on March 5, 2026, in what ...

Last year, the people of New York elected a new mayor in democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, an ex-rapper who once sent Stereogum his music. Mamdani is not the only rapper to become a governmental ...

Nepal Election Results 2026 LIVE updates: Balen Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is leading in 110 seats in Nepal, while ...

Balendra Shah, former Kathmandu mayor and rapper, is contesting Nepal’s 2026 elections as a prime ministerial candidate. Backed by youth support and RSP, he challenges established political forces ...