Exclusive: Sudan (Sudhan) Gurung has emerged as one of the most prominent and widely discussed figures from Nepal’s Gen-Z movement. Rising as the de facto leader of the youth-led uprising, Gurung is widely regarded as the “kingmaker” who played a decisive role in uniting key alternative-politics figures—Rabi Lamichhane, Balendra (Balen) Shah, and Kulman Ghising—under the banner of the National Independent Party (Rastriya Swatantra Party–RSP), positioning it as a formidable al