May 3, 2026

Balen

Kp Sharma Oli: Nepal votes today: Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career – The Times of India

Kp Sharma Oli: Nepal votes today: Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career – The Times of India

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Pitted against Balen, Oli faces litmus test of 50-year-old career KATHMANDU: As Nepal votes on Thursday, a generational shift has reshaped the political mood in the Himalayan nation. In Kathmandu and other cities, many Gen Z voters – the cohort that toppled the KP Sharma Oli govt and propelled figures like the 35-year-old (Balen) into…

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Rapper, mayor and now Nepal’s next PM? Meet Balen Shah – studied in Karnataka; banned Indian films in Kathmandu – The Times of India

Rapper, mayor and now Nepal’s next PM? Meet Balen Shah – studied in Karnataka; banned Indian films in Kathmandu – The Times of India

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With Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli stepping down amid the deadly student-led “GenZ protests,” attention has shifted to Kathmandu’s young mayor, Balendra Shah, as online campaigns promote him as the Himalayan nation’s next leader. Popularly known as “Balen,” the 35-year-old is a rapper-turned-politician who has served as Kathmandu’s 15th mayor since May 2022. He…

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