Balen Shah’s political rise in Nepal reflects a broader shift after youth-led protests

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Balendra Shah, a structural engineer who rose to fame as a rap artist before becoming Kathmandu’s mayor, is poised to become Nepal’s next prime minister, after his party swept a parliamentary election earlier this month. Shah, widely known as Balen, leads the Rastriya Swatan...

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