Nepal's newly elected lawmakers met Thursday (April 2, 2026) for the first parliamentary session since deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government in September 2025 and left the old Parliament building in flames.
Lawmakers, elected in March, met within the new Parliament building, with many of the politicians taking their seats for the first time.
A tectonic shift in Nepal’s politics
That includes the Himalayan nation's new leader, rapper-turned-politician Prime Minister Balendra Shah, who led the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) to sweep the polls, winning 182 of the 275 seats, just short of a two-thirds majority.
Mr. Shah, 35, was dressed all in black, including his trademark dark sunglasses that he kept on inside the hall.
