"Karki is a former chief justice known for challenging the corrupt and the elite. Before she was selected as prime minister, she got the most votes in a poll on the group chat app Discord, organized by a youth advocacy group. That was days after mobs burned down government buildings and assaulted political leaders at their homes. UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Shouting in non-English language)."
"At a local hospital, Ishwor Regmi distributes noodles and juice boxes to the injured. He says Gen Z youth like him were tired of state corruption and lack of jobs. He blames it on the mainstream parties who have formed more than a dozen governments in the last two decades. ISHWOR REGMI: We had been there to root out them from the root level. Our main motto was that."
Massive protests led primarily by Gen Z erupted across Nepal after Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli blocked social media platforms and videos of affluent political families circulated widely. Mobs burned government buildings and assaulted political leaders, prompting Oli's resignation and dissolution of parliament. Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, became interim prime minister and vowed to work for youth. Young protesters who organized on platforms like Discord shifted to civic tasks such as traffic monitoring and cleanup, and provided aid to the injured. Protesters cite entrenched corruption and persistent unemployment tied to dominant mainstream parties. National elections are scheduled early next year.
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