Kathmandu, Sept. 14 -- "It took two bullets on both my knees to remove one corrupt prime minister. If the new one turns out to be corrupt, I am ready to take a bullet in my chest," said Subhash Dahal (19), who was among thousands on the streets of Kathmandu earlier this week, protesting against corruption in Nepal's governance.

Dahal, who sustained bullet injuries after being shot outside the Parliament building on September 9, is among the dozens of students admitted at the Civil Hospital and the National Trauma Centre in Kathmandu in the aftermath of the violent clashes that erupted in the Himalayan country.

His comments come a day after former Nepal chief justice Sushila Karki on Friday was sworn in as the interim prime minister of a...