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The Rastriya Swatantra Party’s stunning sweep in the March 2026 elections, securing an absolute majority in the House of Representatives and a majority of votes in the proportional representation system as well, marks a new rupture in Nepali politics. Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, who resigned as Kathmandu’s mayor to lead the RSP’s campaign since January 2026,…
At his first formal meeting since joining the Rastriya Swatantra Party as its “senior leader” and the presumptive Prime Minister, also ex-mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Balendra Shah, asked rhetorically, “Isn’t Janakpur the capital of the province? Why go to Kathmandu if it is the capital? Why can’t all of the work be completed here?’…
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In September 2025, a government ban on social media in Nepal did not silence dissent; it sparked a political earthquake. This was the Gen Z uprising, a youth-led digital revolt that swept aside the “old political guard” that has dominated the country for decades. Nepal’s new political moment chronicles this historic upheaval, analysing how a…