Kathmandu, March 27: Nepal’s two major parties, the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML, have pushed back against the findings of the inquiry panel led by Gauri Bahadur Karki, questioning both its depth and fairness in examining the Gen Z protests.
Speaking at a press meet in Sanepa, party spokesperson Devaraj Chalise argued that the report falls short of providing a complete picture. He said the commission focused narrowly on the events of September 8 while leaving major gaps around what unfolded the following day. According to him, the document reads like a partial account rather than a full investigation, and the party is not ready to draw a conclusion without closer scrutiny.
To that end, the Congress plans to form a review team that will include legal experts, governance analysts, and youth representatives linked to the protests. This group will examine both the Karki report and a separate assessment prepared by the National Human Rights Commission before the party decides its official position.
The criticism did not stop there. KP Sharma Oli, chair of the UML, dismissed the report’s recommendations outright. Addressing newly elected lawmakers, he ridiculed the accusations against him, calling them baseless and theatrical. He questioned the logic behind holding former prime ministers criminally liable simply for decisions taken while in office.
Oli also made it clear that his party has no intention of backing down. He said UML would continue its political course while defending what he described as truth and justice, despite the commission’s call for immediate action against him over his role during the protests.
The report, instead of settling the debate, has clearly opened a fresh political fight. In a country where inquiry panels often promise closure and deliver confusion, this one seems to have done exactly that again.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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