As Nepal’s March 5 election date looms, voters face a haunting set of questions: will the same old parties take power? Who is the right candidate or party to vote for? Whose speeches are to be trusted? And who, if anyone, offers an alternative politics?
On the ground across the Himalayan nation, from its western-most to eastern-most ends, to social media feeds in the digital world, electoral candidates are staging their campaigns right, left and centre.
Many Nepalis are still traumatised by the memory of September 8, 2025, the day a peaceful protest against a social media ban ended in blood, when police gunfire met young demonstrators in front of the Parliament. By nightfall, the death toll stood at 19, with over 300 injured.
Social media feeds erupted with shock, fear and competing claims. One video clip that stood out showed a young woman on a motorbike rescuing an injured protester.
She was later identified as Kishori Karki, a law graduate in her 20s. In the chaos, she had borrowed a bike from a rider who was on the Pathao ride-hailing app to rush the wounded to safety.
Weeks later, Karki made the news again by registering a new political party for the March polls. She later joined Ujyalo Nepal, another newly formed party....
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