KATHMANDU, March 27 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel on Friday appointed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) leader Balendra Shah as prime minister after his party won a landslide victory in the first parliamentary election since massive protests last year that ousted the government and led to an interim administration.
According to Anadolu Ajansi, Shah, 35, is scheduled to take the oath of office this afternoon and then form his Cabinet after the RSP secured 182 of 275 seats in parliament, defeating established political parties.
Shah, also known as Balen, was elected RSP parliamentary party leader under a deal reached before he formally joined the party.
He resigned as mayor of Kathmandu before completing his five-year term to enter national politics.
Under the agreement, the RSP - founded by TV journalist-turned-politician Rabi Lamichhane ahead of the 2022 parliamentary election - backed Shah as its prime ministerial candidate while ranking him second in the party hierarchy.
Lamichhane and Shah both campaigned ahead of the vote.
Shah also defeated ousted Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli by a wide margin in Oli’s home constituency in Jhapa in eastern Nepal.
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