Nepal, March 8 -- September 8 and 9 marked what many have described as one of the historic moments in Nepal's political history. A Gen Z-led protest, with epicentre in the capital, spread like wildfire across the country on September 9 following a day of state brutality which left 22 unarmed youth dead. Political leaders whose malignant political shenanigans led to decades of mounting public frustration, and therefore triggered the protests, failed to respond. The country entered a political vacuum. Into that vacuum stepped former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, who was appointed prime minister three days after the protests to lead an interim government.

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