US EditionCommentary: Nepal’s next prime minister won big – it comes with bigger expectations
The Rastriya Swatantra Party won 182 of 275 parliamentary seats as voters sought change from corruption and nepotism, making 35-year-old Balendra Shah Nepal's youngest prime minister.
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Before he smashed the country's political elite, Balen Shah attacked his opponents with socially critical rap rhymes. In the midst of bloody unrest in Nepal, the 35-year-old became a political pop star. Now the former battle rapper is at the head of the state as prime minister.
He is the hope of Gen Z: Balendra Shah has won the general elections in Nepal, but is he also a prime minister?
Historic Nepal Shift: Gen Z's Balen Shah Nears PM Post - Report Wire
A youthquake has rocked Nepal, where Balen Shah’s meteoric rise and his Rastriya Swatantra Party’s (RSP) overwhelming electoral triumph signal the dawn of a Gen Z-dominated political order. Securing close to two-thirds majority, this result obliterates conventional wisdom and the entrenched dominance of legacy parties. Post-2008, Nepal’s politics revolved around a trio of forces: Nepali Congress, UML under K.P. Oli, and Maoist Centre’s Prachanda…
Nepal: il trionfo di Balen Shah, tra l’arretramento del progetto repubblicano-sociale e l’ombra del regime change
Le elezioni anticipate del 5 marzo hanno consegnato il Nepal a Balendra Shah, ex rapper e sindaco di Kathmandu, dopo la sollevazione della Gen Z che aveva rovesciato Sharma Oli. Sullo sfondo restano la crisi della repubblica, il riemergere delle correnti monarchiche e forti interrogativi sulle ingerenze esterne. Le elezioni generali del 5 marzo hanno segnato una svolta profonda nella storia recente del Nepal. Sei mesi dopo la sollevazione della …
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