Overview
- Kathmandu mayor Balendra “Balen” Shah was named prime ministerial candidate and parliamentary party leader under a seven-point pact with the Rastriya Swatantra Party.
- Rabi Lamichhane remains party chair as Shah’s team merges into the RSP, with candidates contesting on the Election Commission–allotted Bell symbol and the party’s name and flag unchanged.
- A joint statement reports that the Ujyalo Nepal Party will join the alliance under the RSP banner, with Kulman Ghising set to become an RSP vice president.
- The agreement claims ownership of the September Gen Z anti-corruption movement and pledges to address protesters’ demands, including support for those injured.
- With nearly 19 million eligible voters and about one million new, mostly young, registrants since the protests, the bloc is positioning to challenge Nepali Congress and CPN-UML in the March polls.