00:00Nepal's Gen Z protesters on Thursday backed former Chief Justice Sushila Kharki to lead
00:10the interim government and called for Parliament's dissolution.
00:30So, right now we are trying to dissolve the Parliament, that's our first thing we need to do.
00:46We are not trying to dissolve our constitution or avoid our constitution in any ways.
00:52Maybe there are certain changes that needs to be made in the constitution for now, but
00:56other than that, constitution will remain intact because constitution needs to be there.
01:00Seventy-three-year-old Kharki, who became Nepal's first female Chief Justice in 2016, has emerged
01:06as the front-runner to guide the nation during the crisis.
01:10Members backed Kharki in an online vote on the chatting app Discord, where she emerged
01:15as the most favoured candidate, beating several other public figures.
01:19The death toll has since risen to 34, with more than 1,300 injured.
01:29Soldiers patrolled the quiet streets of Kathmandu as shops, schools and colleges stayed shut,
01:34though some essential services had resumed.
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