Oli’s tabla gift, ‘riyaaz’ advice to Balen 4 yrs ago turns into Nepal poll’s sharpest irony | World News
KATHMANDU: In June 2022, soon after Balendra ‘Balen’ Shah took his first step from the hip hop scene into public office, becoming Kathmandu’s youngest mayor at 32, former prime minister KP Sharma Oli — then UML chairman and leader of Opposition — gifted him a tabla. Months later, speaking at the Nepal Literature Festival in…
