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Bangkok Post

December 30, 2025

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 yesterday.

Rapper-turned-Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, knownas 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 said.

They said under the agreement with RSP, 35-year-old Balen will become the PM if the RSP wins the March 5 elections while Mr Lamichhane, 48, will remain the party chief.

Both have vowed to address the demands raised during the “Gen Z” or youth-led protests against widespread corruption in September in which 77 people were killed and led to premier KP Sharma Oli resigning.

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