Jhapa-5: Balen’s hope rest on swing votes as numbers favor Oli

KATHMANDU, Jan 22: During his tenure as mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Balendra Shah (Balen) was locked in his fiercest confrontation with the CPN-UML. The clashes frequently spilled onto social media, where Balen launched sharp, often biting satire against UML Chair KP Sharma Oli. Oli, for his part, responded with open anger from public platforms.