A couple of days after the clash between Gen Z groups and the CPN-UML led by deposed Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli in Bara district of southern Nepal, the two opposing groups came face to face in Maitighar- Babarmahal of Kathmandu on Friday.
Dozens of injured youths belonging to Gen Z group on Friday staged sit-in at Maitighar Mandala to show protest against ex-Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, whom they hold responsible for the September 8 crackdown against the students protests in which 76 people lost their lives. The protest comes at a time when CPN-UML organized a rally in nearby Baneshwor- Babarmahal area, from where party’s chief Oli announced the National Volunteers Force with a view to giving protection to UML leaders and cadres.
Both the programmes by UML cadres and Gen Z youths were organized at the same time in almost the same venue with the presence of a large number of riot policemen providing security to avoid any clash.
“Arrest the corrupt leaders,” “Arrest the murderers,” “Where is the probe commission?,” “Fulfill the demands of Gen Z group,” read the placards carried by those Gen Z youths who got injured during the September’s deadly protests.
The K.P. Oli led CPN-UML has become the main target of the Gen Z youths these days because of the aggressive activities and hostile remarks made by certain UML leaders including former Prime Minister Oli and youth leader of the party Mahesh Basnet against the Gen Z. As other parties including Nepali Congress and Nepali Communist Party adopted soft attitude towards the Gen Z and have welcomed the general election announced for March 5, while Oli’s party UML is the only organization that has opposed the general election campaigning for reinstatement of the House of Representatives and demanded resignation of Prime Minister Sushila Karki.
