Nepal PM Balen accepts Modi invite, unveils anti-VIP reform push at home

Nepal Prime Minister Balendra “Balen” Shah has accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation to visit India, even as he unveiled an ambitious 100-point governance agenda at home aimed at curbing VIP culture, reducing political interference in campuses and bureaucracy, cutting delays in public services, expanding free healthcare for the poor, improving women’s safety in public transport, and easing academic pressure on young children.