Bengaluru Campus To Nepal's Political Power: The Untold Story Of Balen Shah

A name that is increasingly echoing through Nepal's political corridors is Balen Shah, the rapper-turned-politician who has risen rapidly in the country's political landscape and is now being seen as a potential future Prime Minister. What many may not know, however, is that Shah once walked the corridors of Bengaluru's NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT), where he pursued his M.Tech in Structural Engineering (a sub-discipline of civil engineering). Balendra Shah won the parliamentary election from Jhapa-5, defeating his archrival, former Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, the Election Commission announced. With this, Balen has confirmed his Prime Ministership as he makes his way to the lower house of the parliament. With this win, the senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) is set to become the next Prime Minister as the party has swept the election, securing a comfortable majority.