Leaders aren’t gods, and progress is possible only through collective leadership

A fusion of Balen Shah and the Rastriya Swatantra Party makes this election’s result representative of the Gen Z mandate.

Aged 26, Manish Khanal is a Gen Z-er through and through. He was on the streets on September 8 when a peaceful protest broke out in the capital, and on September 9 when the protest spread like wildfire across the country. As a Gen Z representative, he contributed to the formulation of the 10-point agreement between the government and a number of Gen Z groups and individuals affected by the protests. Now, Khanal makes the transition from the street to the House, having secured a landslide victory in the March 5 elections as a candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) for Nawalparasi East-2. He sat down for a conversation with The Post ’s Biken K Dawadi .