After the resignation of the Nepali Prime Minister, there are reports that Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah is being considered for the post of Nepal’s next leader. Accordingly, the way he is being widely promoted online is unsurprising.
Balendra Shah, 35, popularly known as “Balan”, is a popular rapper in the country. He later entered politics and has been the mayor of Kathmandu since May 2022. He is also the first independent candidate to hold the position without the support of any political party.
A civil engineer by profession, Shah also maintains good relations with India, and he studied structural engineering at the Visvesvaraya Technological University in Karnataka.
Meanwhile, foreign media reports that Rabi Lakshmi Chitrakar, the wife of former Nepalese Prime Minister , has died of serious burn injuries. She was rescued with serious burn injuries after protesters set fire to the Prime Minister’s house and died while receiving treatment in hospital.
The former Prime Minister’s wife was admitted to the Kirtipur Burn Hospital, but her life could not be saved, foreign media reports, citing family members. Eyewitnesses say that a group of protesters forcibly threw Rabi Lakshmi Chitrakar into the house and then set it on fire.