India’s former Ambassador to Nepal, Rakesh Sood, says a dangerous vacuum has developed in Nepal with the collapse of the previous K. P. Sharma Oli government and with violent protests sweeping through the country. There is no clear cut personality or figure in a position to take over or even assert authority.

The politicians of the past have been discredited and Gen Z has not thrown up any new leader although Balendra Shah, the Mayor of Kathmandu, and Rabi Lamichhane, a former deputy prime minister, are being spoken about. This dangerous vacuum should be of great concern to India. We just don’t know what will happen next and in what direction Nepal will turn and move, Sood said.

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