Nepal GenZ Protest took a violent turn on Tuesday. Protesters in Nepal set fire to former PM Jhalanath Khanal’s house. There are also reports that Jhalanath Khanal's wife Rajlakshmi was killed. However, True Scoop cannot confirm this update
In the meantime, Nepal's finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel's viral video has broke the internet. In the viral video, Nepal's finance minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel was reportedly chased by angry protestors on streets and was beaten as well.
Another video is going viral on X with the claims that the protestors seized Paundel by his arms, legs, and was also hauled by the mob.
Amid intense pressure from Gen-Z protests, Nepal's Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli resigned from his post on Tuesday. Oli submitted his resignation letter to President Ram Chandra Poudel, citing the abnormal situation in the country as protests intensified against his rule throughout the country.
Oli was elected Prime Minister on July 14, 2024, as per a consensus reached with Nepali Congress, the largest party in the parliament.
As protests intensified on the second day following the killing of 19 protestors on Monday, the ruling coalition appeared to have fractured one after another with ministers particularly belonging to Nepali Congress resigning and putting further pressure on the government to quit.
General Secretaries of ruling Nepali Congress, Gagan Thapa and Bishwo Prakash Sharma had earlier urged Prime Minister Oli to resign and pave the way forward.
Thapa and Sharma said in a statement that the relevance of the seven-point agreement reached between the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) and Congress during the formation of the government was no longer valid.
It is not immediately clear what course Nepal's politics would take now as all the lawmakers from the fourth largest party Rastriya Swatantra Party also resigned in masses demanding an interim government.
Enraged by the killing of so many people during the first day of the protests organised by the Gen-Z demanding accountability for corruption and social media ban, protestors throughout the country started to attack houses of leaders and government buildings.
On Tuesday, the protestors stormed into the parliament building at Baneshwor in Kathmandu and set the building on fire. The protestors had made unsuccessful attempts to damage the building even on Monday which led to strong police response leading to the death of several people.
They also entered the Singh Durbar, the main administrative centre of the Nepal government and torched the main gate.
The party headquarters of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) or CPN (UML) and Nepali Congress in the Kathmandu Valley were also defaced and set on fire.
Torching and vandalism in the government offices in many parts of the country have also been reported by the local media.
Similar cases of vandalism and torching were also reported in several government offices of the nation.
After Home Minister and Agriculture Minister, Minister for Health and Population Pradip Poudel and Minister for Youth and Sports Teju Lal Chaudhary also announced their resignation from their respective positions, expressing regret over the use of force against the Gen-Z protestors.
With Inputs: IANS
