Nepal Unrest: PM Quits, Ex-PM's Wife Burnt Alive
Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his ministerial colleagues have resigned whereas former Prime Minister's wife has burnt alive as the violent protest against the government in Nepal intensified Tuesday a day after the death of civilians
Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and his ministerial colleagues have resigned whereas former Prime Minister's wife has burnt alive as the violent protest against the government in Nepal intensified Tuesday a day after the death of civilians.
Meanwhile, the death toll in the anti-government protest dubbed as Gen Z Movement of Nepal which began Monday has gone to 22.
The immediate cause of the latest unrest in Nepal was the government crackdown on some 26 social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and X. However, anger against the corruption in the government was thriving since last few years.
PM Oli Quits Office
In view of the strong unrest against his government, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli quit the office.
“In view of the adverse situation in the country, I have resigned effective today to facilitate the solution to the problem and to help resolve it politically in accordance with the constitution,” he wrote in the resignation letter addressed to President Ram Chandra Paudel.
Soon later President Paudel also announced his resignation.
The first to resign from the government after the violence broke out on Monday was Nepal’s Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak who tendered his resignation to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, citing moral grounds.
Earlier today, Nepalese Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel, was seen in a video being chased through Kathmandu streets by angry protesters.
A young protester, from the opposite direction, jumps and kicks the minister down, who is thrown off balance and crashes into a red wall, shows the video.
Former Prime Minister's House Set afire
Meanwhile, Rajyalaxmi Chitrakar, the wife of Nepal's former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal, died on Tuesday after their home was set afire.
According to the local media reports, Rajyalaxmi Chitrakar was trapped inside when the home in Dallu area of Capital Kathmandu was set on fire by protesters led by Gen Z.
Chitrakar was rushed to Kirtipur Burn Hospital but died during the treatment, family sources said.
The protesters had also set on fire Prime Minister Oli's official residence. They had on Mondy stormed the Nepalese Parliament.
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