Nepal lifts social media ban after 19 die in Gen Z protests

Nepal revoked the ban on social media it had imposed after violent protests by youths rocked the country on Monday, with police's use of force leaving at least 19 people dead and over 300 others injured, and home minister Ramesh Lekhak resigning over the situation.

Swati Thapa, central committee member of the opposition Rastriya Prajatantra Party, told TOI, "All 26 social media platforms have been restored - but lifting the ban alone is not sufficient. What matters is accountability. 

The state has brutally murdered unarmed and peaceful young people - some of them in school uniform. Though the home minister has



resigned, that does not settle matters. The govt must face the court of law and be held responsible for this mass murder of innocents. And we will not be silent - Gen Z will return to the streets on Tuesday to protest these atrocities and RPP will stand with them."

The army was deployed in the capital after the situation deteriorated. Army personnel have taken control of the roads surrounding the parliament complex. Earlier, thousands of youths, including school students, under the banner of Gen Z, staged a massive protest in front of Parliament in the heart of Kathmandu and shouted anti-govt slogans demanding immediate revocation of the ban.