{"id":410148,"date":"2025-09-09T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410148\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T10:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:04:11","slug":"nepal-prime-minister-resigns-as-anti-corruption-protests-over-nepo-kids-escalate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/410148\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests over &#8216;nepo kids&#8217; escalate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is fuelling Gen Z&#8217;s anger?published at 08:49 British Summer Time<\/p>\n<p>08:49 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><strong>Gavin Butler<\/strong><br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Nepali protester holds up a sign showing a drawing of an elderly man covering the mouth of a younger man against a background of social media logos\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ffb5c1bb-9ab0-4776-9e38-3295b68fccba.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The unemployment rate for youth aged 15-24 in Nepal was 20.8% in 2024, according to the World Bank \u2013 with many people forced to migrate overseas for jobs. More than a third (33.1%) of Nepal\u2019s GDP, meanwhile, came from personal remittances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Addressing the current protests, Nepali Congress leader and former Foreign Minister NP Saud did not deny the problems of corruption and nepotism raised by the youth uprising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This has been an important issue in Nepali politics for a long time,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But it should be resolved in accordance with the law, the constitution, and by completing the legal process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Pradeep Gyawali, leader of the Communist Party of Nepal and former foreign minister, said alleged cases of nepotism should be addressed on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The law of the country does not say that even if they are qualified, they should be deprived of opportunities just because they are the children of leaders,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;If, as they say, it was done through improper protection or encouragement, it can be discussed &#8216;case-wise&#8217;. In this case, it can be said that a certain leader, family, or child benefited. But I don&#8217;t think that is the general situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What is fuelling Gen Z&#8217;s anger?published at 08:49 British Summer Time 08:49 BST Gavin ButlerLive reporter Image source,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-410148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115173777300468668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}