Just two months ago, Nepal’s young people did something extraordinary. They forced a prime minister to resign, toppled a government, and made the world sit up and notice. Seventy-six lives were lost, including a twelve-year-old child. The anger was real, the sacrifice immense. KP Sharma Oli stepped down, an interim government took over, and elections were promised for March 2026. For a brief moment, it seemed like Nepal’s youth had won. But on 19th November, just weeks after their historic victory, Gen Z protesters were back on the streets of Bara district, clashing once again with the very party they had fought to remove from power.

Why would young people who just won their battle return to fight again so soon? The answer lies not in what they achieved, but in what they failed to secure

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