Nepal’s deposed Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Sunday said the current government is trying to arrest him without sufficient ground while claiming that it is not serious in conducting the general election on March 5, 2026.
During his first interaction with editors and senior journalists in Kathmandu over a month after his ouster from power, Oli said his party, CPN-UML, will seek reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives.
The former PM added that the government was trying to arrest him by hook or crook, though there was no sufficient ground for the same.
Oli resigned in early September after violent protests by the youth-led Gen Z group against his government over corruption and a ban on social media.
Former top judge Sushila Karki became the interim prime minister on September 12. President Ramchandra Paudel dissolved parliament on her recommendation. The next general election is set to take place on March 5, 2026.
The Gen Z youths were asking the government to arr