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#13213194

18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, gestures after arriving at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper-turned-mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who wins the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the charge of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes 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 continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13213195

18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, arrives at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper-turned-mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who won the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the role of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes 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 continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13213290

18 January 2026

Former Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, also known as Balen, rings a traditional bell after arriving at the party office of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 18, 2026, formally joining the party to contest the March election. The rapper turned mayor is presented as the next Prime Minister by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). The former rapper, who wins the local election of 2022 from the Nepali capital, also assumes the charge of senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). On December 28, Balen strikes 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 continues as the party's central chairman, while Shah is presented as the party's parliamentary leader after the elections and its prime ministerial candidate. The RSP emerges as the fourth largest political force, winning 21 seats in the dissolved House of Representatives within a year of its establishment. With candidacy filing scheduled for January 20, Shah prepares to contest from the Jhapa-5 constituency in the March 5 elections, with the declared aim of beating four-time prime minister and CPN-UML chair KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency. Balen promises to institutionalize the agenda raised by September's Gen-Z movement. The electoral battle in Jhapa-5 shapes up to be an intriguing contest this time.

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#13204322

16 January 2026

Member of the Folketing Alex Ahrendtsen from the Danish People's Party arrives as members of the Danish Parliament and a Greenlandic committee meet with members of the US Congress at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204330

16 January 2026

U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD) arrives as members of the Danish Parliament and a Greenlandic committee meet with members of the US Congress at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204341

16 January 2026

Member of Inatsisartut Pipaluk Lynge from Inuit Ataqatigiit attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204345

16 January 2026

Member of Inatsisartut Pipaluk Lynge from Inuit Ataqatigiit attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204348

16 January 2026

Member of the Folketing, Karsten Honge from the Green Left, attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204350

16 January 2026

Member of Inatsisartut Pipaluk Lynge from Inuit Ataqatigiit attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204351

16 January 2026

Member of the Folketing Jan E. Jorgensen from the Liberal Party attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204356

16 January 2026

Member of the Folketing, Aaja Chemnitz of Inuit Ataqatigiit, attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204358

16 January 2026

Member of Inatsisartut Nivi Rosing from Inuit Ataqatigiit attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204359

16 January 2026

Member of the Folketing, Aaja Chemnitz of Inuit Ataqatigiit, attends a press conference after a meeting between members of the Danish Parliament, a Greenlandic committee, and American Congress members at the Danish Parliament in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204325

16 January 2026

Political leader of the Social Liberal Party Martin Lidegaard arrives as members of the Danish Parliament and a Greenlandic committee meet with members of the US Congress at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204329

16 January 2026

U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) arrives as members of the Danish Parliament and a Greenlandic committee meet with members of the US Congress at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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#13204331

16 January 2026

U.S. Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) arrives as members of the Danish Parliament and a Greenlandic committee meet with members of the US Congress at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 16, 2026.

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