Rapper Balendra Shah, 35, Poised to Become Nepal's Next PM; Gen Z's Choice Leads Polls
Rapper Balendra Shah, 35, Poised to Become Nepal's Next PM; Gen Z's Choice Leads Polls
- •Balendra Shah, 35, former Kathmandu mayor and rapper, is a leading candidate for Nepal's Prime Minister.
- •His Rastriya Swatantra Party, favored by Gen Z, is significantly ahead in the general election.
- •Shah, an engineer, studied Structural Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka, India.
- •He rose to prominence winning the 2022 Kathmandu mayoral election as an independent candidate.
- •Featured in Time Magazine's 2023 list of 100 popular personalities.
