- Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak arrested as quickly as Balen Shah turned PM.
Umesh Chandra Tripathi
Kathmandu. There was great stir in Nepal’s politics on Saturday morning. Just a day after the swearing-in of the new Prime Minister Balen Shah, former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak have been arrested by the police. This motion has been taken on allegations of violence and repression throughout the ‘Gen-Ji’ motion in the 12 months 2025. Let us let you know {that a} big and dramatic development has been seen in the politics of Nepal. Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was arrested early Saturday. The arrest has been made in a legal case associated to violence and alleged use of extreme power throughout the ‘Gen Z’ protests that took place in September 2025.
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Let us let you know that this motion had ousted Oli from energy in Nepal. This motion has taken place at a time when rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah has taken oath because the new Prime Minister of Nepal a day earlier. Senior Nepali Congress chief and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has additionally been detained in this case. Both the leaders have been arrested from their residences in Bhaktapur and are more likely to be booked below provisions that carry a most punishment of 10 years.
In September 2025, there have been large youth-led protests in Nepal, which have been known as the ‘Gen Z Revolution’. These protests started with a requirement for digital freedom, however quickly become a broader motion in opposition to corruption, unemployment, unhealthy governance and political instability. At that point the reins of the nation have been in the fingers of KP Sharma Oli. The harsh motion taken by the federal government to suppress these demonstrations additional aggravated the state of affairs. At least 76 folks died and greater than 2,000 have been injured in the violence. At least 19 protesters have been killed in the firing on the very first day, which additional fueled public anger and finally led to Oli’s resignation.
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A excessive degree fee constituted to analyze this whole matter had in its report beneficial prosecution in opposition to KP Sharma Oli. The fee mentioned Oli, because the nation’s performing head, must be held chargeable for the violence as he did not cease the firing. The report additionally mentioned that because the performing head, Oli must be held chargeable for each good and unhealthy. The fee has beneficial motion not solely in opposition to Oli but in addition in opposition to the then police chief Chandra Kuber Khapung and a number of different officers. Oli has utterly rejected these allegations and the report of the fee.
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He has described this arrest as careless, character assassination and motivated by politics of hatred. According to him, this report has been ready with political malice. If the trial goes forward primarily based on the fee’s suggestions and the courtroom convicts them, Oli, Ramesh Lekhak and different officers involved might face jail phrases of as much as 10 years. This time has been tough for Oli politically additionally. In the overall elections held on March 5, he needed to face a crushing defeat by the hands of Rashtriya Swatantra Party chief Balen Shah.