Ex-Rapper Balendra Shah Set To Take Oath As Nepal’s Youngest Prime Minister Today After Landslide Victory

Kathmandu: In a historic political shift, Balendra Shah, leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), will be sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place at the President’s Office in Sheetal Niwas, Kathmandu, at 12:34 pm local time today. The 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician, popularly known as 'Balen,' is set to become the youngest elected Prime Minister in Nepal’s history and the first leader from the Madhes region to assume the c...