Nepal youth to protest ‘rampant corruption’

The movement comes five days after the K P Sharma Oli government ordered a shut down of 26 social media platforms including Instagram, Whatsapp, Signal and WeChat after their refusal to register with the government and endorse a move to bring their users under state vigilance under a directive and law it plans to bring about.

The youth protest has already secured the support of Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah.

Prime Minister Oli said he hoped that the youth would understand the consequences of violating the law. He, however, said he was a votary of people’s right to protest.

With almost all social media platforms banned, the organisers and support groups used TikTok, which continues to operate, to ask the “corrupt leaders” to disclose their income sources.