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Reminscing last week: Scandals, stalemates, and shifts

KATHMANDU: Last week in Nepali politics was remarkable not for its surprises, but for how unsurprising serious misconduct has become. Minister Rajkumar Gupta’s resignation amid a damning bribery scandal would, in a healthier political climate, signal a moment of reckoning. Instead, it feels routine — a predictable beat in the symphony of political cynicism that […]