The Next Test for Nepal’s Youth-Led Politics

The month of September is a momentous month for Nepal. Nepal celebrates its Constitution Day on September 19. Nepal promulgated its present Constitution on September 19, 2015. Regarded as one of the most progressive constitutions in the world, the legal document preserves the fundamental rights of its citizens, including youth, ethnic minorities, sexual minorities, people with disabilities and those belonging to lower socioeconomic groups. Article 42 of the Constitution guarantees their right to social justice. The Gen Z Revolution that Nepal witnessed on September 8, 2025, was a moment when Nepali youth exercised their political rights and freedoms of opinion, expression and protest, as well as their right to peaceful assembly, free movement and association, as guaranteed by Article 17 of the Constitution. While the revolution sadly claimed the innocent lives of some Nepali youth, it fundamentally reshaped the political landscape of Nepal in which we find ourselves today.