Balendra Shah takes oath as Nepal’s prime minister

Nepal’s youngest prime minister took the oath of workplace Friday after his get together received a landslide victory in elections earlier this month and following a youth-led rebellion that toppled the federal government in September.

Balendra Shah was appointed the prime minister by President Ram Chandra Paudel on Friday (March 27, 2026) after his Rastriya Swatantra Party received almost two-thirds of the seats within the House of Representatives, the decrease chamber of parliament, within the March 5 polls.

Mr. Shah was sworn in at 12:34 p.m., on a day when the Himalayan nation is celebrating Ram Navami, to mark the delivery of Lord Rama.

Balendra Shah, a structural engineer who rose to fame as a rap artist earlier than turning into Kathmandu’s mayor, leads the Rastriya Swatantra Party, which received about two-thirds of the 275 seats within the bicameral Parliament’s highly effective decrease House of Representatives.

He emerged as a distinguished voice in the course of the bloody youth-led uprising in September that toppled the federal government within the nation of 30 million folks, a wave of unrest that left dozens useless.

Although he didn’t immediately take part within the protests, Mr. Shah publicly expressed help for the largely Generation Z demonstrators who led the motion.

PM Modi congratulates Balen Shah

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Mr. Shah on being sworn in as Nepal’s new prime minister, saying that he seems ahead to working intently with him to deepen India-Nepal ties for the mutual good thing about each nations.

“Warm congratulations to Mr. Balendra Shah on being sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal. Your appointment reflects the trust reposed in your leadership by the people of Nepal. I look forward to working closely with you to take India-Nepal friendship and cooperation to even greater heights for the mutual benefit of our two peoples,” Mr. Modi mentioned in a message on ‘X’.