As Nepal’s rival parties make a last push on the final day of Nepal’s election campaign, interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki has appealed to people to vote and maintain peace.
The Himalayan republic will elect a new parliament on Thursday, replacing the interim government that has led the country of 30 million people since the September 2025 uprising, in which at least 77 people were killed.
Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel has announced that the country will hold elections on March 5, after the 275-seat parliament was dissolved. This decision follows a time of intense public protest and the appointment of Sushila Karki as the interim prime minister. Karki is the first woman to serve as head of government in Nepal.
Kathmandu is breathing smoke and sorrow. The streets that once carried laughter, shopkeepers’ calls, and schoolchildren’s chatter now echo with chants, sirens, and the crackle of fire. At the center of it all stand Nepal’s young many from Generation Z who have turned their anger into a storm that forced Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to step down.
