Kathmandu, Nepal — When Nepal’s youngest Prime Minister took oath on Friday Huge victory in recent electionsThis will not just be a historical political moment, it will also be a numismatic one.
Balendra Shah The oath will be taken at 12:34 pm, on which the Himalayan nation is celebrating Ram Navami to commemorate the birth of the popular Hindu god Ram.
Hindu priests say that according to astrological calculations, the most auspicious time is at 12:34 pm on Friday. It also fits the “1-2-3-4” numerical pattern. Shah is scheduled to enter his new office later at 14:15 which also fits the “14-15” pattern. Hindu priests also consider such numerical patterns auspicious.
Religion and astrology play a big role in Nepal, where over 80% are Hindu and where people start new jobs, get married and perform religious rituals according to auspicious times.
Shah was born in the capital, Kathmandu, but his family comes from the Hindu-majority Terai region of Nepal near the Indian border.
He will take oath as Prime Minister of Nepal before President Ramachandra Paudel in an elaborate ceremony with Hindu rituals including “shankhnaad” or blowing of conch shells and religious chanting by Hindu priests and Buddhist lamas.
Shah plans to take oath with him newly selected cabinet In the presence of officials and diplomats.
Balendra ShahA structural engineer who rose to fame as a rap artist before becoming mayor of Kathmandu, leads the Rashtriya Swatantra Party, which won nearly two-thirds of the 275 seats in the House of Representatives, the powerful lower house of the bicameral parliament.
Shah, a 35-year-old political outsider, widely known as Balen, will lead a government tasked with leading deep frustration among the public Along with Nepal’s established parties, which were widely blamed by voters for corruption and chronic political instability.
Shah emerged as a prominent voice during Bloody rebellion led by youth in September That toppled the government in the country of 30 million people, sparking a wave of unrest that left dozens dead.
Although he did not participate directly in the protests, Shah publicly expressed support for the largely Generation Z protesters who led the movement.
