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Projected As Next Nepal PM Balen Shah Launch Campaign In Kathmandu As Election Draws Close
The Rapper Turned Mayor On January 18 Had Resigned From His Post To Contest The March 5 Election. The Former Rapper Who Won The Local Election Of 2022 From Nepali Capital Also Assumed The Charge Of Senior Leader Of The Rastriya Swantra Party (RSP) On The Same Day. Projected As Next Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah (Balen) Has Launched Kathmandu Centric Campaign As The Election Draws Close With Polling Set For March 5. Balen Standing In The Fray From The Jhapa, Standing Against Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Launched The Campaign In Kathmandu With A Road-show. Hundreds Of Supporters And Voters Stood On The Side Of Road As The Projected Prime Minister Alongside The Party President Rabi Lamichhane Greeted Voters From The Moving Vehicle. The Silence Period For Election Of House Of Representatives Dissolved After September’s Gen-Z Protest Is Set To Start From 2nd March, Past Mid-night. Balen Had Been Campaigning All Across The Nation As His Party Rastriya Swatantra Party Is Poised To Win The Election With A Landslide Victory. On December 28, Balen Had Struck A Deal With The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Where It Is Agreed That He Will Be The Next Prime Ministerial Candidate From The Party. As Per The 7-point Agreement, RSP Chair Rabi Lamichhane Will Continue As The Party’s Central Chairman, While Shah Will Be Presented As The Party’s Parliamentary Leader After The Elections And Its Prime Ministerial Candidate. The RSP Had Emerged As The Fourth Largest Political Force, Winning 21 Seats In The Dissolved House Of Representatives Within A Year Of Its Establishment. Balen Has Promised Institutionalizing The Agenda Raised By The September’s Gen-Z Movement. The Electoral Battle In Jhapa-5 Is Shaping Up To Be An Intriguing Contest This Time.
