Balen Shah paving his way to March 5 election

Consults Rabi Lamichhane, Baburam Bhattarai and Kulman Ghising, among other politicians and personalities, in two days.

Elected as an independent in the 2022 local elections, Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balendra Shah stunned the political establishment by defeating, with a huge margin, candidates from traditionally strong parties such as the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML.