Home minister quits, leaders hold prime minister responsible for 19 protesters’ deaths

Nepal saw several people’s movements in 1950, 1990 and 2006, but never before had the state killed so many people in a single day.

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak resigned on Monday following the deaths of 19 youths in Nepal’s deadliest single-day crackdown on protests, as leaders of several parties and citizens held Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli responsible for the government’s heavy-handed response.