Nepal: Kathmandu airport opens; protestors want Sushila Karki as PM
Gen Z is backing Sushila Karki, the nation’s first female Chief Justice, as interim prime minister
Nepal’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) resumed services from 6 pm on Wednesday (September 10), 24 hours after closing its operations due to violent anti-government protests.
In a notice on Wednesday evening, the TIA management asked passengers to contact their respective airlines for re-confirmation of their flights. However, all major Indian airlines, including Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, and SpiceJet, cancelled their flights to and from Kathmandu on Wednesday.
The TIA's decision may come as some relief to thousands of stranded tourists — many of them Indian — as Nepal plunged into a severe political crisis on Tuesday, with KP Sharma Oli resigning as the prime minister and unruly protesters, apparently miffed with corruption in the government and a ban on social media, went on the rampage across the country, setting on fire the Parliament, the President’s Office, the PM’s residence, government buildings, the Supreme Court building, political party offices, a luxury hotel, and homes of senior leaders
Sushila Karki as Interim PM?
Nepal’s political turmoil has thrown an unlikely figure into the spotlight: Sushila Karki, the country’s first female Chief Justice.
Protestors and students have reportedly proposed Sushila Karki, 73, as the interim prime minister. In a meeting, the youth organisers agreed that no one affiliated with political parties should lead the movement, while picking Karki for her neutrality and credibility..
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Nepal protests in photos
The students-led protests in Nepal, just like in Bangladesh, reflect the frustration and anger of youth seeking a regime change with the hope of a better future. See the images from the protests here
