Kathmandu, Dec. 30 -- point deal between Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chair Rabi Lamichhane and Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah has sparked mixed reactions. Amid this, some Gen Z leaders that the Post talked to have expressed both hope and caution.

Wounded Gen Z activists said the partnership could create a genuine alternative political force. They described the collaboration between Lamichhane and Shah as a potential "alternative power".

Yet, Gen Z protest leaders cautioned that the deal lacks a clear, agenda-driven foundation, is dominated by power-sharing arrangements, and could replicate patterns from past political alliances.

Prakash Bohara, who was shot in the leg during September's protests in New Baneshwar and whose blood-stain...