Ex-rapper Balendra Shah set to be Nepal PM after party’s landslide election win
Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra party secures thumping victory in first poll since gen Z protests that toppled government
Balendra Shah, the rapper turned politician and popular figurehead of a gen Z revolution, looks set to become Nepal’s next prime minister after his party won by an unprecedented margin.
Shah, known widely as Balen, and his Rastriya Swatantra party (RSP) secured a rare landslide victory in the first election since youth-led protests during which dozens were killed and the former government was toppled.
Source: Theguardian.com
Original source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/08/ex-rapper-balendra-shah-nepal-pm-landslide-election-win