Rapper-politician Balendra Shah set to be Nepal's next prime minister

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Rapper Balendra Shah has defeated the former Nepalese Prime Minister Sharma KP Oli in the country's general election. Nepal's Election Commission confirmed on Saturday that Shah, 35, received 68,348 votes compared to Oli's 18,734 to unseat the former leader in his parliamentary constituency. Thursday's general election - the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September - pitted the establishment against a new generation of politicians advocating for angry, young

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