Kathmandu, Sept. 20 -- Despite calls for drastic reforms and an overhaul in major political parties following the Gen Z movement, the country's three major political parties-the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and CPN (Maoist Centre)-appear very reluctant to make fundamental changes.

Neither they are ready to overthrow their present leadership, a key demand of the Gen Z protesters, nor do they appear to be taking any major action to ending endemic corruption in the country.

After the changes of 1990 and 2006, the Congress, the UML and the Maoist Centre have mostly led the governments by turns-without much to show for it. This bred discontent among the public.

On the occasion of Constitution Day on Friday, Nepali Congress, the largest party in...