Nepal, April 22 -- 'Homie Minister' Sudan Gurung is the first real test of what happens when auramaxxing collides with accountability Sudan Gurung is dancing. It is 2009. He has an emo fringe falling over one eye and is spinning on a polished floor. His dance shows dedication - moves that take years of bruised elbows to land.

The clip is 16 years old, and had been sitting in the dead archives of YouTube and old Facebook pages, watched by almost nobody. This month it has 1.9 million views.

Because Gurung is now Home Minister, and is embroiled in a scandal barely two months into office. Within days of becoming an RSP candidate, his pre-political life became public and was put back into circulation.

The b-boying, the DJ sets, and the YouT...