KP Sharma Oli resigned as the Prime Minister of Nepal on Tuesday as ‘Gen Z protesters’ stormed the parliament building and set fire to his residence. A Nepal Army helicopter had taken the senior politician to an undisclosed safe location as the agitation gained momentum. Oli later penned a letter to the agitators — made public by the chief of Press Chautari Nepal — and insisted that his anti-India stance on various issues was the reason behind his ouster.
‘Punished for saying Lord Ram was born in Nepal’
“I have insisted that social media doing business in our country should follow the rules here and be listed. I have insisted that Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura are ours. I have insisted that Lord Shri Ram was born in Nepal and not in India as mentioned in the scriptures. If I had backed down on these insistences…” read a roughly translated excerpt from the letter published by Nepali news website Setopati.
Oli claimed that he would have enjoyed “many other opportunities” if he had kept quiet instead of pushing these assertions. The former Prime Minister also revealed that he was now at a secure location in Shivpuri (some 27 kilometers north of Kathmandu) with Nepal Army officials.
“I would have had many other opportunities…I would have achieved many things. If the map of Nepal including Limpiyadhura had not been sent to the United Nations or if others had let me do as I wanted, my life would have taken a different turn,” he reiterated.
Nepal limps back to normalcy
Normalcy gradually returned to the streets of Nepal on Thursday as ‘Gen Z’ began restoration work in various areas. The Nepali Army conducted checks on vehicles and pedestrians amid an indefinite curfew that was imposed to “normalise” the city after mass unrest. Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel also issued an appeal for people to maintain peace on Thursday — asserting that he was making “every effort” to find a way out of the current situation.