Nepal’s former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak underlined the necessity for higher unity and dialogue amongst totally different stakeholders to handle the calls for of the Gen Z youths. File | Photo: Screen seize through Facebook/Ramesh Lekhak.

Nepal’s former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on Friday (October 10, 2025) denied allegations of issuing govt orders to make use of extreme drive by him or ousted Prime Minister Ok.P. Sharma Oli towards the youths collaborating in Gen Z protests on September 8, 2025.

Thousands of youths underneath the banner of the Gen Z group staged anti-government protests in Kathmandu on September 8 and 9, through which 76 folks had been killed. 19 protesters had been killed in the course of the police firing on September 8, the primary day of the Gen Z protests.

It is alleged that then-Prime Minister Oli and Home Minister Lekhak ordered to open hearth on the protesters on September 8. Speaking to the media for the primary time after the protests, Mr. Lekhak dismissed the allegations as “rumours” and “not true”.

The interim authorities led by Sushila Karki has shaped a three-member judicial probe fee to analyze the extreme use of drive to crush the Gen Z motion.

Mr. Lekhak stated the probe fee ought to conduct an investigation into the matter inside the authorized framework with none prejudice.

He additionally underlined the necessity for higher unity and dialogue amongst totally different stakeholders to handle the calls for of the Gen Z youths.

Published – October 10, 2025 07:39 pm IST

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