Overview
- Nepal’s new administration has arrested former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak in a case tied to student protest deaths, according to Aaj Tak.
- Officials acted after the first cabinet meeting moved to enforce an inquiry report that blamed security forces for firing on unarmed students.
- Balen Shah was sworn in as the country’s 47th prime minister by President Ramchandra Poudel, taking office with a mandate built on anti-corruption and youth support.
- A young cabinet has taken shape, with most ministers under 40, and reports name economist Swarnim Wagle as finance minister and educator Sishir Khanal as foreign minister, while Shah is said to hold defence, commerce, and industry.
- Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party won a clear majority that disrupted the old party order, and his spare, locally focused campaign and anti-graft image have raised expectations for jobs, clean governance, and accountability.