The Nepalese Government Falls. Revisionists Brutally Repress the People
Featured image: Singha Durbar palace, which houses government and parliament buildings, has been set on fire by protesters. Source: BBC.
At least 19 people were murdered by the repressive forces of Nepal after demonstrations erupted yesterday. The protests were triggered by a government arbitrary social media ban, which prohibited several platforms, such as Facebook, X and YouTube. The widespread corruption in the rotten Nepali parliament was also protested. As it was reported by the democratic revolutionary newspaper Moolbato: “For decades, the Nepali people have been humiliated and victimized due to the brokered parliamentary system, widespread corruption, anti-national agreements, and the intervention of foreign powers. The lives of poor peasants, workers, students, and unemployed youth are trapped in a cycle of misery and injustice. Brokers who rely on State power have imposed double and triple taxes, considered an economy filled with remittances as an achievement, and imposed a mountain of inequality, deprivation, and exploitation on the people.” Now the Nepali people have had enough and have directed their class-hatred to the ones who imposed this burden on their shoulders. Since the betrayal of the People’s War in Nepal by Prachanda, the traitors imposed misery, country-selling and exploitation on the Nepali people. KP Sharma Oli, from Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) led the coalition government since the departure of Prachanda on July 2024 and carried out these same anti-people’s measures.
The protests started peacefully and the repressive forces attacked them brutally by using water cannons, batons and firing rubber bullets. The police and soldiers soon started to use live ammunition and murdered many protesters:
The Revolutionary Communist Party of Nepal (RCP) issued a statement condemning the government repression against the people. We hereby share an unofficial translation:
A protest is being organized across the country today, organized by Gen Z, against the ban on social media imposed by the Oli-led coalition government. During the protest, police used water cannons, tear gas, charged using lathis [Translator’s note: sticks made out of wood] and bullets in various cities of the country including the Kathmandu Valley. According to various media reports, 17 protesting youths have been murdered as of 5:15 pm [Translator’s note: as we said, now the death-toll reached 19 people]. Hundreds of other youths have been injured. First of all, our Party strongly condemns the police repression and murders committed by the Oli government on the youths who were protesting peacefully. In addition, our Party strongly demands that the government of Nepal stop the police repression, provide proper compensation to the families of the deceased, and provide free treatment to the injured.
It is clear that the Oli government is becoming extremely fascist by banning social media and using force to suppress unarmed youth who protested against it. Our Party strongly opposes this. It is wrong for the government to suddenly close social media without making laws and regulating social media. Our Party demands that the ban on social media be lifted immediately.
A curfew has been imposed, but thousands of youth took to the streets yesterday, as well as today. No matter how brutal the reaction by the government was, the youth did not stop its protests, but actually increased its justified anger against the government and the Nepali State.
The Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has resigned today, marking the fall of the government. This has not quelled the protests. The youth have expressed their class-hatred against the rulers by hurling stones and setting fire to the homes of several of ministers and former ministers in the Kathmandu Valley. Also several barracks of the repressive forces and official’s homes were set on fire. The house of Oli has been attacked:
Prachanda’s house has also been targeted by youth setting fire to it:
Prachanda, even tough he was not part of the government, has played a crucial role in bringing misery, poverty and corruption, as well as the anti-national agreements mentioned by Moolbato. The visit of Prachanda to India just two years ago serves as proof:
