Nepal PM Sushila Karki meets party leaders to discuss upcoming elections

October 22, 2025

Kathmandu: Nepal’s interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki on Tuesday held her first-ever meeting with leaders of major political parties since being appointed head of the government more than a month ago.

Amid complaints from major political parties over the government’s failure to initiate dialogue despite the announcement of fresh elections for the House of Representatives on March 5 next year, Prime Minister Karki invited party leaders for talks.

Gen Z protests 

Following the deadly GenZ protests on September 8 and 9, which resulted in 76 deaths in various incidents linked to the unrest, then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned from his post, paving the way for Karki to form a new government on September 12.

As per the demands of GenZ leaders, she recommended the dissolution of the House of Representatives to President Ram Chandra Poudel, who subsequently dissolved the lower House and set the date for fresh elections.

Although Prime Minister Karki has emphasised that the main mandate of her government is to hold elections within six months, the failure to hold dialogue with political parties—who are expected to contest the elections—was called into question by party leaders.

Karki’s meeting with President Poudel 

Earlier, on October 10, she had attended a meeting organised by President Poudel with senior leaders of political parties, during which the President urged them not to shy away from participating in the elections.