Balendra Shah's RSP makes history, registers
Published on: March 8, 2026, 3:08 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
KATHMANDU, Mar 8: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah’s RSP is all set to form the government in Nepal after securing a sweeping victory in the crucial general election, decimating the established parties in the politically-fragile Himalayan country. Popularly known as “Balen”, the 35-year-old prime-ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) defeated four-time former prime minister K P Sharma Oli, the chair of Nepal’s legacy party — the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) — by a huge margin of about 50,000 votes […]
