Nepal Prime Minister Resigns After Widespread Protests

What Happened?

Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli resigned suddenly due to widespread protests in the capital city of Kathmandu. Protesters vandalized and set fire to the prime minister’s home, but he remained in Kathmandu and was unharmed. 

According to the Associated Press, demonstrators in Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, defied curfews on Tuesday and attacked the residences of political leaders they held responsible for the deaths of at least 19 protesters who had clashed with security forces the day before. 

‘Our first demand is that this government should immediately resign because they have lost all moral ground after having killed so many of our brothers and sisters yesterday,’ said Sudan Gurung, one of the protest leaders, who posted a message on social media. 

Why it Matters

Oli’s sudden resignation due to popular protest makes Nepal the third south Asian country to topple its own government since 2022, with the other two being Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. In all three countries, the root cause of the popular protests was corruption, bad governance, and lack of economic opportunities for young people.

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As of Tuesday, anti-corruption protestors had stormed Nepal’s parliament building, smashing windows, painting graffiti, and setting fires to at least some parts of the structure. There were also reports that properties owned by government officials had been damaged or set on fire. The immediate cause of the protests was a social media ban imposed by the Nepalese government, which angered many young people in the country, who took to the streets soon afterwards. 

When protesters hit the streets in Kathmandu, they were met with a violent security crackdown which resulted in the deaths of at least nineteen protestors. None of the protestors were armed or had committed any acts of violence prior to the response by government security forces. After the killing of scores of civilians by security forces, the protests turned violent, and calls began for the resignation of the prime minister.

The damage to homes and property of government officials by angry protestors echoes a practice that used to take place in pre-1776 America. Where angry mobs would often ‘pull down’ the houses of public officials believed to have been corrupt or engaged in various abuses of power. The pulling down of a home simply referred to the demolition of a structure with hand tools by a group of people all working together.

How it Affects You

The Arab Spring in 2011 began with widespread protests over the death of a fruit seller in Tunisia. Though Tunisia isn’t a particularly important country, it still sparked protests which set the rest of the Middle East on fire. 

It’s possible, though unlikely, that the protests in Nepal could trigger a similar phenomenon of regional protests throughout south Asia, as many neighboring countries have large populations of young people who also live under notoriously corrupt governments. 

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