Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win NYT Par : Hannah Beech · Sajal Pradhan · Binod Ghimire and Hannah Reyes Morales 8 mars 2026 à 11:06 A youth-led uprising brought Nepal’s government down last year. Now, a 35-year-old politician demanding change is set to become prime minister. © Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York TimesBalendra Shah, center, during his campaign to become the next prime minister of Nepal last Saturday. To his right is Rabi Lamichhane, the Rastriya Swatantra Party president.