After 100 days

In order to institutionalise the agendas of the Gen Z movement, all sides should show flexibility.

It’s been 100 days since the Gen Z protests erupted in Nepal on September 8, with the national parliament in Kathmandu as its epicentre. In this period of over three months, there have been some major changes in Nepal’s political sphere, while a few important achievements have been made. First, in just two days, the youth revolt overthrew the KP Oli government, a powerful coalition given its numerical strength in Parliament, and replaced it with the interim government under the leadership of former chief justice Sushila Karki. In the process, the movement succeeded in galvanising public anger against corruption, bad governance, favouritism, and impunity.