Kathmandu’s rapper mayor Balendra Shah battles PM Oli over inaction

Experts link Shah’s outsider status and unconventional approach to rising tensions with political elites.

Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, known for his maverick style, has once again taken aim at Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli. Shah has accused Oli of failing to act on repeated calls of the metropolitan city to take action against Rekha Sharma, a CPN-UML provincial assembly member in Lumbini who is accused of abusing a child domestic worker for eight years.