Violent protests in Nepal after ban on social media, 'youths have been shot on the forehead'
After violent protests in Nepal, the KP Oli government has come on the back foot. The ban on social media sites has been lifted. This decision was taken late at night after an emergency meeting of the cabinet. After this, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigned from his post. Despite all this, the protesters are not ready to back down. Now protester are demanding the resignation of the PM KP Oli.
Many protesters have died and hundreds have been injured. The government has lifted the ban and the Home Minister has resigned, but the protests continue.
Violent protests took place in Nepal
A lot of anger is being seen among the people who took to the streets of Kathmandu. They say that the protest is not going to stop. Not only this, during the protest, children in school uniforms were shot on the forehead by the local police. Has the government thought about the condition of the parents of the children who died?
'Children shot on forehead' in this agitation
The angry people say that the children were shot on the forehead. All these children are 18 to 19 years old. Now our demand is that this government should be toppled and a new government should be formed. We want the resignation of the Prime Minister. We don't want this government now. The protest will continue until the government is removed. At the same time, people are not ready to leave the streets. A large number of security forces have been deployed on the streets of Kathmandu to stop the protest.
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21 people have died
Yesterday, the youth between 18 to 30 years of age, angry with the ban on social media, attacked the government. The uncontrolled crowd of protesters tried to capture the Parliament. Bullets were fired at many places, curfew had to be imposed, yet the anger of 'Gen-Z' i.e. youth between 18 to 30 years could not be suppressed. There have been violent protests in Kathmandu and Itahari. More than 21 protesters have died. About 256 people are undergoing treatment.
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The reason behind this sudden fierce protest in Nepal is the recent decision of the Oli government. Citing rules, the government suddenly banned 26 social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. After the Supreme Court's instructions, the Nepal government had ordered all social media platforms to register within 7 days.
What are the allegations against the government?
The Nepal government said; that according to central government rule every social media platform, must open there company office in Nepal. And appoint local officials to remove wrong content and respond to legal notices, but the youth of the country allege that the government wants to end freedom of expression. The government is banning social media to hide its corruption.
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