Kathmandu, Feb. 28 -- Former rapper and mayor Balendra Shah (Balen), vying for PM, has launched a Kathmandu-centric campaign as the election draws close, with polling set for Thursday.

Balen, standing in the fray from the Jhapa in the March 5 election, against former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, launched the campaign in Kathmandu with a road show.

Hundreds of supporters and voters stood on the side of the road as the projected Prime Minister, alongside the party president Rabi Lamichhane, greeted voters from the sun-roof of the vehicle.

The silence period for the election of the House of Representatives, dissolved after September's Gen-Z protest, is set to start from Monday past midnight.

"The campaign has drawn an enormous crowd as ...