India, Sept. 10 -- Sushila Karki, at 73, may seem an unlikely candidate to become Nepal's new leader after protests led by younger citizens, belonging to the 'Gen Z' age group in their 20s. But the former Supreme Court will not be the face of anti-government sentiment for the first time.

Back in 2017, just months before her retirement, the then Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and a large number of MPs wanted her removed as SC chief justice.

She remains the only woman in Nepal's history to have held that post, and will become the first woman to be PM if she is indeed appointed, interim or otherwise.

Her confrontation with ex-radical Maoist leader Prachanda's coalition government in 2017 began after she overruled its appoin...