Who will be the next PM in Nepal?
THE FOUR FRONTRUNNERS The four names which have come up, including Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, former chief justice Sushila Karki, former chief of the electricity board Kulman Ghising, and mayor of Dharan, Harka Raj Sampang Rai, aka Harka Sampang. Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah, a former rapper, has stood in support of the Gen Z protestors, with several youths in Nepal calling him the “voice of a new generation.” Balen holds degrees in civil engineering and structural engineering, and has been active as a rapper and lyricist in Nepal’s hip-hop scene. He won the mayoral elections in Kathmandu in 2022 as …