Four months after youth-led Gen Z protests reshaped Nepal’s political landscape, four former prime ministers have filed their nomination papers from different constituencies for the March 5 general elections. ADVERTISEMENTTwo other former prime ministers — Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Nepali Communist Party and Baburam Bhattarai of the Pragatisheel Lokatantrik Party — are contesting from Rautahat-1 and Gorkha-2 respectively. However, Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior Nepali Communist Party leader Jhala Nath Khanal are not in the race. Meanwhile, it is not just former prime ministers that are in the fray. There are three mayors from across the country who quit their respective posts to try their luck at the hustings.

Source: The Telegraph January 21, 2026 10:45 UTC