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Nepal’s Gen Z protest movement brought down the government last September, but it appeared to score a more lasting victory when the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won the country’s March 5 election in a landslide. The anti-establishment party beat out more traditional forces to become the first since 1999 to secure a parliamentary majority in Nepal.
The RSP has selected Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen—a rabble-rouser who previously served as mayor of the capital, Kathmandu—as prime minister. His government will be sworn in on March 27 with a mandate for sweeping reforms to address Nepal’s endemic corruption and mismanagement.
Nepal’s Gen Z protest movement brought down the government last September, but it appeared to score a more lasting victory when the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won the country’s March 5 election in a landslide. The anti-establishment party beat out more traditional forces to become the first since 1999 to secure a parliamentary majority in Nepal.
The RSP has selected Balendra Shah, widely known as Balen—a rabble-rouser who previously served as mayor of the capital, Kathmandu—as prime minister. His government will be sworn in on March 27 with a mandate for sweeping reforms to address Nepal’s endemic corruption and mismanagement.
However, some activists and observers worry that the RSP’s supposed meritocratic approach could threaten the hard-won gains of Nepal’s marginalized communities. They also warn that the party’s lofty promises could come back to bite it, igniting fresh unrest if the new leaders fail to meet expectations.
Expectations seemed sky-high as Nepal went to the polls this month. The usually traffic-choked streets of Kathmandu had been emptied by a vehicle ban, imposed for security, and were dotted instead with huddled groups of people discussing the mammoth political shift that seemed to be underway.
The RSP achieved what many
সূত্র: Foreign Policy
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