On Monday, youths performed fiercely in the capital Kathmandu and other areas against the ban on social media in Nepal. During this time at least 21 people died and more than 300 people were injured. After violent performance, Home Minister Ramesh writer resigned from his post. The Nepali army was deployed to prevent rising incidents and controlled the routes around the Parliament complex in the new Baneshwor.

The youth expressed anger against the government

Thousands of youths gathered in front of Parliament House under the banner of ‘Gen-Z’ in Kathmandu, including school students. He demanded immediate removal of the social media ban and raised anti -government slogans. The protest was initially peaceful, but became violent when some protesters entered the Parliament complex. After this, the police tried to disperse the crowd using lathicharge, tear gas shells and rubber bullets. Demonstrations took place in other cities like Pokhara, Butwal, Bhairahwa, Bharatpur, Itahari and Damak.

Home Minister Ramesh writer’s resignation
According to Nepali Congress sources, Home Minister Ramesh writer resigned on moral grounds in view of violent performance. The author submitted his resignation to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at a cabinet meeting held at Baluvatar. This resignation came between the increasing pressure on the government and deteriorating situation.

Prime Minister Oli’s statement
Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said in Sunday’s cabinet meeting that he could leave the post of Prime Minister, but will not lift the social media ban imposed on 4 September. His statement came amidst the increasing corruption, unemployment and violent demonstrations of Gen-Z in Kathmandu and other cities.

How this movement started in Nepal
The government was busy registering social media companies, at the same time a new issue was emerging in Nepal. Some youths started sharing photos and videos on tickets showing the luxury life of the children of the leaders of the country. The hashtag of this campaign was ‘#NePokid’. Its purpose was to tell that the leaders come to power and do good for their children, but do not work for the country. The campaigners appealed to the youth to join the movement against corruption. For this, people were also appealed to join tickets and other social media platforms.

The atmosphere deteriorated due to social media ban
On August 4, the government banned a total of 26 social media platforms including Facebook, X, WhatsApp, YouTube across the country. This decision became the anger of the people and increased. People started comparing the luxury life of the children of the leaders and the difficult life of the poor of the country. These posts and videos started becoming increasingly viral on social media. This protest started with ‘Napo Kids’ Hastag, now a discussion has also been made against the policies of the government and the large -scale corruption.

Where did Napo Kid Trend come from?
In fact, it is being said that the violent performances in Nepal have been inspired by the big protests against the government in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. A protestor told Al Jazeera that ‘Napo Kids’ came from Trend Philippines. In viral videos on tickets, children of Nepali Politicians were shown living luxury life. The September 4 decision of the government intensified the protests across the country. It was told in this decision that this step was taken to block many social media platforms in the national interest.