Ex-rapper Balendra Shah to run for Nepal PM after youth-led protests

Two popular leaders have formed an alliance ahead of March parliamentary elections in Nepal that will challenge the older parties which have dominated the Himalayan nation’s politics for over three decades, party officials and analysts said on Monday. Rapper turned-Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, known as Balen, a popular ⁠elected official, joined the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) or national independent party, led by a former TV host-turned politician Rabi Lamichhane on Sunday, party officials...