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Nepali Army soldiers patrol on a street in Damak. Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters On April 24, Nepal marked its 20th Democracy Day. In a departure from tradition, no greeting message was issued by the newly elected Prime Minister Balendra Shah. Instead, a notice came from the Nepali Army. The…
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Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), greets his supporters as he celebrates after winning the election, in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal, March 7, 2026. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The election results in Nepal have been described as a political earthquake. This is not an exaggeration. There has…
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RSP’s Balendra Shah himself defeated veteran four-time Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli — whose Marxist-led government was ousted in the violence last year — in his own seat. File | Photo Credit: PTI Nepal’s centrist Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), the party of rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, won a majority in parliament with 182 seats, Election Commission…
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Nepal is set to have the weakest Opposition it has seen in recent history. The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) swept the March 5 elections, securing 182 seats in the 275-member Parliament, just two short of a two-thirds majority. Established parties such as the Nepali Congress (NC) and the CPN-UML, which have dominated Nepali politics since…
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Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) prime ministerial candidate and former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah while casting his vote in the Nepal general elections, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 5, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was on Saturday (March 7, 2026) heading towards a sweeping victory in Nepal’s…
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Balendra Shah, currently serving as the mayor of Kathmandu, has been nominated as the prime ministerial candidate for Nepal. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah was on Sunday (December 28, 2025) nominated the prime ministerial candidate as he and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) inked a pact to jointly contest the March…
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