Oli must resign

The prime minister should take responsibility for Monday's mayhem and resign immediately.

It was the darkest day in the history of democratic Nepal. At least 19 people, mainly school and college-going youngsters, were shot dead during Monday’s anti-government protests in Kathmandu and across Nepal. Most of them were shot in their head or chest. Members of Gen Z who poured out on the streets of Nepal’s major cities had every right to protest against the anomalies in the society they call home. It was the state’s responsibility to properly manage these pre-sanctioned protests. Yet when the youngsters hit the streets, it appeared that the only way the government knew how to control the crowds was to use lethal force—in a protest led by school and college students in uniform. The onus for what happened on Monday lies with Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.