The next time someone tells you the youth aren’t engaged enough in politics, just point them to Nepal.
According to multiple reports, the youth of the South Asian nation managed to oust the existing government following an attempted ban of major social media platforms and took to Discord to hold an impromptu convention to elect an interim prime minister.
The organizing appears to have worked. On Friday, the military accepted the recommendation of the protest group and named Karki the interim prime minister. Karki, who accepted the role, is expected to pick a new cabinet and eventually hold elections. According to the Times, that is expected to happen within the next six months or so.
Does anyone who follows Nepali politics know if this is going to turn into a color revolution? Are western powers successfully using this as a pretense to get a right-wing government in?
Everything is peaceful now we are heading for election after month. Military do good job to control violence. Many things happen which we don’t want to happen in protest. We are trying to do best to run the nation but old politicians trying to mess things again. They are making sure this protest fails and they can rule again. Many things happening.
Thanks. I hope you don’t end up following the path of Tunesia and Egypt. I remember them being so hopeful when the government was deposed, but somehow they just ended up with another puppet government.