Archive · 29 Dec 2025
Nepal's Former Home Minister Testifies in Gen-Z Protest Inquiry
In Nepal, the former Home Minister, Ramesh Lekhak, recently spoke to a special group looking into the Gen-Z protests that happened in September.
He said he never told the police to shoot at the protesters.
During these protests, 77 people died, and a lot of buildings and property were damaged.
Lekhak blamed other groups for making the protests violent.
The current government set up this group to find out what happened.
The former Prime Minister, K P Sharma Oli, has said he won't talk to this group because he thinks they are not fair.
Lekhak wants the people who caused the damage to be punished.
Former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak testified that he did not order the use of force against protesters during the Gen-Z protests.
77 people died, and property worth NPR 84 billion was damaged during the two-day protests.
Lekhak blamed infiltrators for turning the peaceful protests violent.
Former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has refused to testify, claiming the inquiry commission is biased.
The inquiry commission plans to summon Oli despite his refusal.
- Who
- Former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and former Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli
- What
- Testimony in an inquiry commission investigating the Gen-Z protests
- When
- Monday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Why
- To investigate the deaths and destruction during the Gen-Z protests
- Date of Testimony
- Monday (specific date not mentioned)
- Number of Deaths
- 77
- Property Damage
- NPR 84 billion
- Duration of Protests
- Two days (September 8 and 9)
- Former Home Minister
- Ramesh Lekhak
- Former Prime Minister
- K P Sharma Oli
- Current Prime Minister
- Sushila Karki