NEPALI POLITICS

Sushila Karki led government was/is supposed to do the following jobs as soon as it had occupied the interim government chair considering its formation following the violent demonstration of October 8 and 9 that toppled the almost two-third majority Oli led coalition government of the UML and the NC . It should have, besides its mandate of holding general election,: 1.   Arrested the responsible persons/authorities for ordering and killing 76 protesters including Gen-Zs . 2.   Formed high level commission to investigate high level corruption scams 3.   Formed high level commission comprising constitutional experts and representatives of political parties to amend the existing constitution. 4.   Removed all the political appointees in all the constitutional commissions and councils. 5.   Formed high level commission to investigate the misuse and recovery of cooperative funds and pay back depositors saving funds. 6.   Arranged for payments of sugar far...

State’s brutality on Gen-Z protestors   Political protests and public uprisings are not new in the country. The country’s first mass uprising in 1990 (labelled “ Jana Andolan I ”) and the second in 2006 (“ Jana Andolan II ”) both called for major changes in the political system. But all the governments since then failed to meet the public’s hopes for real reforms. On September 3 , the government banned 26 social media platforms, including WhatsApp , Instagram and Facebook , for failing to meet a deadline to register with the ministry of communication and information technology. Gen Z saw the ban as censorship . The frustration spreading on social media quickly turned into a nationwide uprising. The government was compelled to lift the ban on September 8, but it was too late to save the coalition government .   Owing to state’s excessive use of force, 75 protestors were killed in the protests. Of these, one was a 12 year old child and at least 19 were young s...

Oli inviting more trouble? The ousted prime minister KP Sharma Oli seems to be in more trouble after he verbally attacked the interim government accusing it unconstitutionally formed government during his first appearance among the followers in his rented house .The Gen-Z group who spearheaded the Gen-Z protests that toppled his government have demanded the Oli's arrests for his alleged role in ordering the September 8 shootout that killed 19 agitators, including a 12-year-old school boy, when the police allegedly opened fire on protesters during the anti-government protests . The recent deadly protests that forced the resignation of Prime Minister KP Oli and the dissolution of the parliament were about banning social media , bad governance and corruption scams. Kathmandu ’s streets saw the roll out of anger and a palpable sense of frustration forced the Oli led government fall in less than two days.   Now he seems to get annoyed hearing about various gossip about gettin...