Soldiers fanned out across Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, on Wednesday, imposing calm as leaders of a protest movement that forced out the country’s prime minister held talks with the military.
It was a sharp turn for the youthful protest movement, which earlier in the week had battled security forces in violent confrontations that left 30 people dead and many government buildings in ruin.
As debris and ash were swept from the streets on Wednesday, the leaders of the movement, which is known as Gen Z, demanded early elections to fill the political void.
Rakshya Bam, a leader of the movement, told The New York Times after the meeting with military leaders that the demonstrators had proposed Sushila Karki, a former chief justice, to head an interim government. Ms. Karki confirmed that in an interview to an Indian television network that she was ready to take on the role.
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