Protesters set ablaze Parliament building
Protesters set fire to the Parliament building in New Baneshwor on Tuesday.
PM Oli resigns
Prime Minister KP Sharma resigned from his post on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Oli submitted his resignation after the situation worsened on Tuesday after 19 people died in protests in Gen Z.
Earlier, Prime Minister Oli had called an all-party meeting at 6 pm.
However, protesters are setting fire to the houses of leaders.
Protesters have set fire to Prime Minister Oli's residence in Balkot, residence of Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba in Budhanilkantha and the houses of leaders and ministers.
Similarly, protesters have also set police posts on fire and also entered Singhadurbar.
Nepal political leaders’ homes set on fire as protests over retracted social media ban grow
Protesters set fire to homes of some of Nepal’s top political leaders in opposition to a social media ban that was lifted early Tuesday a day after deadly anti-government protests, Associated Press reported.
Local reports and videos shared on social media showed protesters attacking residences of the top political leaders in and around Kathmandu. A curfew was imposed in the capital and other cities, and schools in Kathmandu were closed.
The houses set on fire included those of Sher Bahadur Deuba, leader of the largest party Nepali Congress, President Ram Chandra Poudel, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and leader of the Communist party of Nepal Maoist Pushpa Kamal Dahal. A private school owned by Deuba’s wife Arzu Deuba Rana, who is the current foreign minister, was also set on fire, according to Associated Press.
The mass protest and attack on parliament Monday began as opposition to the ban on social media platforms but were fueled by growing frustration and dissatisfaction against the political parties among the people who blame them for corruption.
