Nepal is heading to a general election on Thursday, the first after youth-led protests last September demanding an end to corruption, more jobs and cleaner politics led to the deaths of 77 people and forced the government to resign. "We need new people who can give work to people, reform agriculture and pay adequate remuneration for workers," Pariyar said. A former mayor of the capital city Kathmandu who emerged as the face of September protests, Shah is going head-to-head against the UML's K.P. Bangladesh's July 2024 student leaders had a clear agenda and recognisable faces, but not a time-tested grassroots machine." In Bangladesh's February general election, the main youth-driven party won only six seats in the 300-member parliament, underlining the challenge of turning street momentum into votes.

Source: The Telegraph March 04, 2026 07:43 UTC