Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the citizens and government of Nepal for successfully conducting their first general election, with the results pointing to a clean sweep by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah's newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). 2 5 Rastriya Swatantra Party's (RSP) Rajiv Khatri addresses the media after his victory in the Nepal parliamentary elections, in Bhaktapur. 3 5 Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, second right, a candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), arrives at the Election Commission after winning the Kathmandu 8 constituency during the Nepal general elections, in Kathmandu. The Shram Sanskriti Party and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party are leading in four seats each. The CPN (UML) has received 28,721, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 10,962, Nepali Communist Party 10,794 and Shrama Shakti Party 6,474 votes till now.

Source: The Telegraph March 07, 2026 11:38 UTC