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Nepal's shifting political landscape: Balen Shah's meteoric rise from rap
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
Balen Shah is poised to become one of Nepal's youngest Prime Ministers as the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leads an electoral landslide. Following the March 5 general election, the 35-year-old engineer is significantly outstripping veteran KP Sharma Oli in Jhapa-05. Backed by Gen-Z, Sha
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From rapper to national contender: Balen Shah's rise redefines Nepal's pol
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
In 2022, Balen Shah delivered one of the biggest political upsets in Nepal's recent history.
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Pro-monarchists flood Kathmandu streets to welcome ex-King Gyanendra Shah
Updated : 1 month ago IST
The former King was welcomed by supporters from the right-wing Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and pro-monarchy organisations, who chanted slogans against the existing political system.
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Gen-Z leaders exerted pressure for appointment of specific individuals as
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki has revealed that the leaders of the September's Gen Z movement exerted strong pressure on her to appoint specific individuals as ministers on board the interim government.
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Major political parties move toward alliance for upper house election
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Four major political parties represented in the dissolved House of Representatives are preparing to form an alliance for the upcoming National Assembly election scheduled for January 25, The Kathmandu Post reported.
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Nepal's RSP, Kathmandu Mayor strike deal, Balen to be presented as next Pr
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and the Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan, Balendra Shah, struck a deal on Sunday morning, setting him to be the party's parliamentary leader and its prime ministerial candidate for the national elections set to take place in March next year.
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After third-term win, Oli calls on cadres to confront interim Nepal govern
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
KP Sharma Oli, re-elected for a third term as CPN-UML chairman, called on party cadres to confront the interim government by force, alleging political persecution and defending police action during September protests, while his panel secured overwhelming dominance in the party's new leadersh
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Nepal: Former PM KP Oli wins third consecutive term as party chairman
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Former Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli won the third consecutive term as the party chairman through voting in the 11th general convention of the party.
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Nepal: Technical glitch halts election process in ongoing general conventi
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Voting to elect new CPN-UML leadership was postponed to Wednesday morning due to technical glitches in electronic voting machines at the party's general convention in Kathmandu. Polling, delayed multiple times since Monday, will resume at 8 am if issues are resolved.
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Challenge mounts for former Nepal PM Oli as dissent grows within CPN-UML
Updated : 3 months ago IST
KP Sharma Oli and senior vice-chair Ishwar Pokharel have filed their candidacies for the post of party chair. Over 300 central positions are to be elected at the general convention currently underway in Kathmandu.
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Nepal: Oli calls for unity to restore dissolved parliament as his party ho
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Former Nepali Prime Minister and Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML), KP Sharma Oli, called for the restoration of the dissolved parliament during the opening session of the party's General Convention.
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Nepal: Oli and Deuba meet for first time since September's Gen-Z uprising
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
According to sources, Friday's meeting marks the first direct engagement between the two top leaders following the serious attack on Deuba during the Gen-Z protest.
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