The Bara district administration workplace acknowledged the curfew would stay in pressure from 12.30 p.m. to eight.00 pm inside a 500-metre radius of Simara Airport after a whole bunch of Gen Z youths gathered there shouting slogans in opposition to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).
The conflict erupted when a Buddha Air flight carrying CPN-UML normal secretary Shankar Pokharel and get together youth chief Mahesh Basnet was to take off from Kathmandu for Simara, the place they had been scheduled to handle an anti-government rally, police stated.
As information of the CPN-UML leaders flying to Simara unfold, Gen Z protesters gathered on the airport to oppose their arrival, triggering a conflict with native CPN-UML cadres.
Authorities subsequently imposed the curfew across the airport space to carry the scenario below management.
Following the incident, Buddha Airlines cancelled all its home flights from Kathmandu to Simara for the day, together with the one carrying the 2 CPN-UML leaders, who returned house after the disruption.
The CPN-UML has been organising protest programmes throughout Nepal demanding reinstatement of the House of Representatives, which dissolved on September 12 following the Gen Z motion that toppled the Oli-led authorities.
Gen Z activists have additionally sought motion over the alleged mass killing of protesters on September 9 throughout demonstrations in opposition to corruption and a proposed social media ban below the then Oli administration.
Published – November 19, 2025 04:25 pm IST
