{"id":522161,"date":"2026-03-08T08:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522161\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T08:37:08","slug":"rapper-politician-balendra-shah-unseats-nepals-ex-pm-as-he-heads-for-victory-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522161\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal&#039;s ex-PM as he heads for victory &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBIUDBYRTE4Z1dhaldHbTk1WVBpczkzT0ZiWWlqSnkxcHpUSFhnVUJIdmFyQklEOWU3MXJ0VnAwVWoyMHRSRmtnWHQ2TkdqUzdzMGpmYlp6R3V1QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal&#8217;s ex-PM as he heads for victory<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxNeV9nSVhLTW5fZ1RYTm9kY1drZ2ZQMkp0M1ltcWxfbGVrV1lIWFIwWWozeWlRXzNFOXMzX1Z5WVQ2Rk9FemhuT1B3RnBrQUE1ZlM3N1hwamZoR0UzRGFUZDlvS3ZlUVpRU1JaU096SnNkb2ViODFXZXNLb2ZzRnZ2REZZSGlFekNfaHc1Y2tyN3ZrMnZQekUwWTE2b0hWNHFaRzFyaldMT003anJhbDM2Q1h2UC1rd2NNSkkyb0hPdXhQd01ENXBGTGRIVlUwZ1pqLXZPSEZ1azJGS0RyWW91TDBWa3FCR1A0OWww?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A new Nepali party, led by an ex-rapper, is set for a landslide win in parliamentary election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxQXzBOWEZnVEQ4VU5vampQbjBpbkZ5eVdkZzBaZ3VVWUgtMkk5bmlqSjN3QnhsRzJuU0tZakU1ZzRKZjVYTzFSZENaVEwtckFMT2dTRXVXa2w1emlobWptbFB3WWRiNHRHcnU0MGd0X3NDYmhwTVhHcGd3M0U5RTRhVDdsa1M4cG9hbWxwSWFucVhyMTlSX2FWMXpvSmRWcGViQ2ZyUUt0VkJ4cXNQWm5rRNIBtgFBVV95cUxOeVBLcDRjczVGOW1IdkRkR09KR0VwUzdaaUhpWWhQamVUa0J2MEZwa01Idy14YXJGenJ5ZVpFNGw1a0ZUMW15d0N5d1oya3VVOFExUzBacURJVXh3ZXdEVHNwbzlWazVTVlE5U0tJUWdIcjFZNF9mX2N1WDc5T3hSb2ptTC11ZzRCV05QcU5zX2dOY2lxQllQUWpKbnAySmtzMHIxUklDcEJwaE9raGxuckk0OW1KUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah\u2019s RSP heads for poll landslide in Nepal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE90UDUwd1JyT09ORlgzZzB3UXd2QTlWcWpiUG94MEhSYUEzWHplMW5DUXZ1c2EwcnhSMW1aeVJrMFNaQlpMUlBWYk1BYmtFTUc5TTR0dnhleHFLbXJkcnBLZW9UeVZhaFhEQXM0SFpXY3h3UTl0Q1ZKN0dmWnpTQ28?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nepal\u2019s early vote count puts ex-rapper\u2019s party ahead<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigJBVV95cUxOM2NSRnF0Q2MxeXI4MWZQb0djSnpoSDQzYVA2czNpelM0cTZ0bkxkMlRmMmR1OUJIWWFBc3M5dVljZHY5SzQweWk5R202MUJOX1R6LXB0ZVZ4ekRqdnFPMUZiRnpOWE1VeURiY1J0STJxMVY5cGh6QmtIamRkTi1KbTFJTHR3TXh1X2xLbHZYTXZlbHM2X2FaNzNkaTdEb3F5VTVYUE1aZlRBWFBJQjZWMEtQbkxsel9jc25hWjJUcU41R1pEQ2ZrM1ZkYVh2eXFBMkdVd3FFSFFrMHJycnprOWJGTzlfSlM3RXJzSkZHc1dtSzBaZW5SM0RNUldYU3hCdk0zQ0pHcW1pZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tale Of Two Protests: How Balen Shah Trumped In Nepal, But Bangladesh&#8217;s Students&#8217; Party Failed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NDTV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal&#8217;s ex-PM as he heads for victory&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCA new Nepali party, led by an ex-rapper,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-522161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}