{"id":7432,"date":"2025-12-28T07:38:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7432"},"modified":"2025-12-28T07:38:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T07:38:40","slug":"nepal-tv-host-and-ex-rapper-mayor-form-alliance-for-election-after-youth-revolt-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=7432","title":{"rendered":"Nepal TV host and ex-rapper mayor form alliance for election after youth revolt | Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two of Nepal\u2019s most popular political leaders have formed an alliance ahead of next year\u2019s election in the wake of deadly youth-led protests earlier in the year that ousted the government.<\/p>\n

Television host Rabi Lamichhane, the 51-year-old chairperson of the Rastriya Swatantra party (RSP), and the 35-year-old rapper turned Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah pledged to address the demands of the younger generation following September\u2019s deadly anti-corruption protests.<\/p>\n

At least 77 people were killed during the 8-9 September youth-led uprising<\/a> that was triggered by anger over a brief government ban on social media, building on public frustration after years of economic stagnation and allegations of entrenched political corruption.<\/p>\n

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According to the agreement, Lamichhane will remain the party\u2019s chairperson, while Shah will be the candidate for prime minister in the 5 March election.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsensus should not be as the leader seeks, it should be what the country needs,\u201d Lamichhane said in a statement after the deal was signed on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Lamichhane, who was recently released on bail in connection with cooperative fraud and organised crime, is a popular television host in the Himalayan republic.<\/p>\n

He set up the RSP in 2022, tapping into widespread discontent at Nepal\u2019s elderly political leadership and becoming the deputy premier and interior minister.<\/p>\n

Shah, popularly known as Balen, is seen as a popular figure in the political transition and helped form the interim government led by Sushila Karki<\/a> after the ousting of KP Sharma Oli\u2019s government.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Karki held meetings with Oli, the Nepali Congress president, Sher Bahadur Deuba, and the Nepali Communist party coordinator, Pushpa Kamal Dahal \u2013 the first such consultation since the uprising.<\/p>\n

After the meeting, Karki wrote on social media that the election was a shared responsibility of all stakeholders. \u201cThe government is committed to guaranteeing a free and fear-free environment. We are working in a manner that leaves no room for doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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