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Nepal's Parliament Set on Fire as Prime Minister Resigns After Deadly Protests

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Above: Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli addresses the Parliament of Nepal on Aug. 29, 2025. Image copyright: Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto/Getty Images

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The Spin

Government-critical narrative

Nepal's brave youth exposed decades of corrupt nepotism, only to face PM Oli's authoritarian social media ban and brutal state violence. Over a dozen young lives — students in uniform — were callously gunned down for demanding accountability from their leaders. Their toppling of Oli's regime proved that democracy's future belongs to those courageous enough to die in defense of it.

The Indian Express The Kathmandu Post

Pro-government narrative

The protesters in Kathmandu cloak themselves in the language of freedom, yet their violence betrays only recklessness and manipulation. To burn streets, defy curfews, and spill blood over social media apps is neither courage nor conscience — it is sabotage. These riots seem less driven by genuine grievances than by external meddling, which is dragging Nepal into chaos and jeopardizing its own future.

Tfipost Eurasia Review

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 50% chance that at least 1.07 billion people will be living in liberal democracies in the world in 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.