Newly sworn-in interim Prime Minister of Nepal, Sushila Karki, take part in a moment of silence in memory of people who died in a protest, during a meeting after assuming the post in her office at Singha Durbar office complex that houses the Prime Minister's office and other ministries, following the protest against anti-corruption triggered by a social media ban, which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
KATHMANDU (Reuters) -A former DJ and his obscure Nepalese non-profit used a social media app popular with video gamers to drive massive protests and become the unlikely power brokers in installing the country's new interim leadership.
Sudan Gurung, the 36-year-old founder of Hami Nepal (We are Nepal), used the Discord messaging app and Instagram to mobilise massive demonstrations that forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign, in the deadliest political crisis to hit the Himalayan nation in decades, a dozen people involved in the demonstrations said.
