Updated on: Sept 09, 2025 02:41 pm IST
The protesters earlier torched the homes of several top Nepal leaders, including now-ex-PM KP Sharma Oli’s Bhaktapur residence.
Minutes before Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned from his office, Gen Z protesters broke into Parliament and set fire to one of the buildings on the premises.
Demonstrators also set fire to Oli’s residence in Bhaktapur’s Balkot area and other senior leaders amid the ongoing protests triggered by a since-revoked social media ban.
Visuals showed thousands of protesters storming the Parliament as plumes of grey and black smoke arose in the area.
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The Gen Z protesters shouted slogans like “KP Chor, Desh Chhod”, “Take Action Against Corrupt Leaders” across Nepal’s capital city of Kathmandu.
The residence of former home minister Ramesh Lekhak at Naikap was also torched just a day after he resigned from the post following the police’s use of force on the young protesters agitating against the ban on 26 social media sites, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and YouTube.
The protests have so far left 19 people dead and more than 300 others injured.
Meanwhile, officials said that Oli resigned from the PM’s post amid mounting pressure in the anti-government protests. His resignation came shortly after hundreds of demonstrators entered his office shouting anti-government slogans.
