What happened in Nepal over the last few days of September 2025 should not have happened. The youth of the country were on the roads and torched the Parliament, supreme court, and other buildings. They manhandled the ministers and even burnt some of them or their close relatives alive.
This speaks bad of the Himalayan nation that was always praised for its peacefulness. But it seems that it no more can hold that adjective. The situation had spiralled out of control and seems to also have a link to the pro-monarchy protests that occurred there a few months ago. This time, the army was called in to control the situation.
The exact reasons for the protests cannot be stated accurately but there are some speculations doing the rounds. How true they are are unsure.
1. People and youth are against ongoing corruption in the government.
2. They are concerned terribly about the rising unemployment.
3. Anger against nepo kids who are leading a luxurious life overseas.
4. The precipitating factor was the social media ban. The displaced government had not sensed the magnitude of dependence of the people on social media. If thought that banning the media would minimize the ongoing peaceful protests against the government. The government banned the social media under the guise of mandatory registration and tax payment by the owners of the social media. But this young Nepalis did not take this reason. Their heavy dependency on social media only led to anger against the ban and the government that did it. And the results were obvious after that.
5. Police action that killed 31 people.
6. Whether internal or external forces were acting in escalation of the situation is not known. But various websites and YouTube channels are talking about role of Gyanendra Singh, US, China, India or maybe other nations in it. Of course, such things come without any evidence and would be difficult to prove. But there is no smoke without fire. Hence, some or many of these forces might have acted to accelerate the protests and make them ugly. Inside and outside forces have their ulterior motives and they think that brainwashing the inexperienced youth of a country is the best bet to topple the government. And their tactics helped.
But there are several other unanswered questions as well:
1. From where did the guns with the protesters come? Were they licensed or not?
2. The protesters' demand is to have young leaders to lead them. But from where will the experience come? Do they think that experience is not needed in managing a country? Will it not be easy to brainwash youngsters of a country?
Whatever the outcome, time will tell. But one thing is certain that the peaceful image of Nepal has been shattered. The new image is evolving and wrapped in uncertainty. One can only hope for the best.
The protests would have not turned deadly if the government had acted in a mature method and not banned social media. It should have used it's intel to learn about the pulse of its people and also of any external or internal intrusion in leading to damage of image of Nepal.
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