{"id":18043,"date":"2026-03-28T07:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/former-nepal-pm-k-p-sharma-oli-arrested-over-last-years-gen-z-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:20:20","slug":"former-nepal-pm-k-p-sharma-oli-arrested-over-last-years-gen-z-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/former-nepal-pm-k-p-sharma-oli-arrested-over-last-years-gen-z-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli arrested over last year\u2019s Gen Z protests"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday in connection with the Gen Z protests that led to the collapse of his government in last September. Former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has also been taken into custody.<\/p>\n

The arrests came just a day after rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as Prime Minister on Friday after winning the March 5 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the arrests were made based on a panel’s recommendation to prosecute Oli for allegedly failing to prevent the crackdown on the protests, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of people.<\/p>\n

Min Bahadur Shahi, a senior leader of Oli’s Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), told Reuters that Oli was taken into custody from his residence this morning.<\/p>\n

“A promise is a promise,” Prime Minister Shah wrote on X soon after Oli’s arrest.<\/p>\n

“We have taken former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and outgoing Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak under control. This is not revenge against anyone; it is just the beginning of justice. I believe that now the country will take a new direction,” he said.<\/p>\n

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The coalition government led by Oli collapsed following youth-led Gen Z protests against corruption, nepotism, and a social media ban. The demonstrations escalated into violence on September 8 and 9, leaving more than 70 people dead.<\/p>\n

Following Oli’s ouster, former Chief Justice Sushila Karki assumed office as interim prime minister on the recommendation of the Gen Z movement.<\/p>\n

In the March 5 general elections, Balendra “Balen” Shah defeated Oli—a four-time prime minister—by a wide margin in the Jhapa-5 constituency, a long-standing stronghold of the CPN-UML.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Former Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli was arrested on Saturday in connection with the Gen Z protests that led to the collapse of his government in last September. Former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has also been taken into custody. The arrests came just a day after rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah was sworn in as Prime…<\/p>\n

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