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A curfew was imposed successful parts of Nepal's Bara territory bordering India connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) aft Gen Z youths clashed with cadres of CPN-UML, the party of ousted Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, officials said.
The Bara territory medication bureau stated the curfew would stay successful unit from 12.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. wrong a 500-metre radius of Simara Airport aft hundreds of Gen Z youths gathered determination shouting slogans against the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist).
The clash erupted erstwhile a Buddha Air formation carrying CPN-UML wide caput Shankar Pokharel and enactment younker person Mahesh Basnet was to instrumentality disconnected from Kathmandu for Simara, wherever they were scheduled to code an anti-government rally, constabulary said.
As quality of the CPN-UML leaders flying to Simara spread, Gen Z protesters gathered astatine the airdrome to reason their arrival, triggering a clash with section CPN-UML cadres.
Authorities subsequently imposed the curfew astir the airdrome country to bring the concern nether control.
Following the incident, Buddha Airlines cancelled each its home flights from Kathmandu to Simara for the day, including the 1 carrying the 2 CPN-UML leaders, who returned location aft the disruption.
The CPN-UML has been organising protestation programmes crossed Nepal demanding reinstatement of the House of Representatives, which dissolved connected September 12 pursuing the Gen Z question that toppled the Oli-led government.
Gen Z activists person besides sought enactment implicit the alleged wide sidesplitting of protesters connected September 9 during demonstrations against corruption and a projected societal media prohibition nether the past Oli administration.
