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 ...

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

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

Balendra Shah emerged as a leading figure in the youth-driven protests that shook Nepal last year. The hip-hop star could soon be leading the country as its youngest prime minister after dramatic ...

In a landmark shift in Nepali politics, 35-year-old Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen Shah, is poised to become Nepal’s next Prime Minister, the youngest, following his Rastriya Swatantra ...

Once known for protest rap against corruption and inequality, Balen Shah now finds himself leading the very system he once ...

Nepal's election results point to a landslide for rapper Balendra Shah, anticipated by a few in Nepal's political establishment.

According to official data from the Electoral Commission, as of Sunday morning, the emerging party has already secured 106 out of the 165 directly elected seats and is leading in the counting of ...

Nepal’s new Rastriya Swatantra party is heading for a landslide win in the country’s first parliamentary election since youth protests toppled the old leadership last year.

In a resounding victory that is guaranteed to reshape Nepal's politics, rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah appeared ...