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.
Marking a fresh beginning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (September 18, 2025) spoke with Sushila Karki, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Nepal’s interim administration, and condoled the loss of lives in last week’s protests.
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.
For days, Kathmandu burned not just with fire, but with the fury of its young. Streets once alive with chatter turned into battle zones as Gen Z protestors lit torches outside parliament, stormed government offices, and demanded that their leaders answer for years of corruption and misrule. At least 19 people died, hundreds more were injured, and Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli finally bowed to the pressure and resigned.
Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki, who has been proposed by the Gen-G youth to lead the interim government of Nepal, on Thursday said that she is ready to work in the national interest. She also said that she is overwhelmed by the trust that the Nepalese youth have shown in her.
The political scene in Bihar’s Seemanchal region, which includes the districts of Araria, Kishanganj, Purnia, and Katihar, is becoming tense following a major deletion of voters from the draft electoral roll.
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.
Nepal Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak tendered his resignation to the Prime Minister during an emergency cabinet meeting held on Monday at the official residence of the Prime Minister in Baluwatar.
