Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen Shah, takes oath of office during a ceremony in Kathmandu on March 27, 2026. The Kathmandu Post on Thursday called Balen "A Prime Minister who does not call on the President", stating that “Prime Minister Shah’s engagement with President Paudel has remained limited to formal occasions. And when he did, “Prime Minister Balendra Shah left the House of Representatives just 20 minutes after arriving to attend Tuesday’s meeting,” reported Republica on July 14. He is said to have walked out mid-speech while President Paudel was presenting his government’s agenda. According to Balen's supporters, while earlier Prime Ministers sat for hours together in the Parliament and spoke sweet nothings, Balen is attending to real work.