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Police estimated 70,000 attended the rally successful Bhaktapur adjacent the superior Kathmandu to motorboat a three-day normal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist)
Tens of thousands rallied for the enactment of Nepal’s ousted Prime Minister, K.P. Sharma Oli, connected Saturday (December 13, 2025), successful the largest gathering successful the Himalayan state since youth-led anti-graft protests forced him retired 3 months ago.
Police estimated 70,000 attended the rally successful Bhaktapur adjacent the superior Kathmandu to motorboat a three-day normal of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). Organisers had said earlier the rally they would bring retired 300,000 people.
The lawsuit “is the biggest mobilisation of supporters” by immoderate enactment successful the superior since the anti-graft protests, said governmental expert Puranjan Acharya.
The “Gen Z” protests and consequent unrest killed 77 radical and injured much than 2,000 successful September. Oli and immoderate different politicians had to beryllium rescued and kept harmless by the service for respective days arsenic the Prime Minister’s Office, the Supreme Court and parliament were acceptable connected fire.
The interim authorities headed by erstwhile Chief Justice Sushila Karki dissolved parliament. It says the unrest caused much than $586 cardinal successful losses to Nepal’s $42 cardinal economy.
Oli, seeking re-election arsenic UML president, told Saturday’s rally the dissolution of parliament was unconstitutional. The UML has filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking the restoration of parliament.
“We are being projected arsenic anti-Gen Z youths. But this is not true,” Oli said.
UML General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel told the gathering that though they were forced out, “We inactive unrecorded successful the hearts of the people,” adding, “The beingness of truthful galore radical successful the rally is simply a impervious of this.”
More than 2,000 UML delegates are eligible to ballot for a enactment president connected Monday. Oli is being challenged by his deputy, Ishwar Pokharel.
The victor volition pb Nepal’s biggest communist radical to caller parliamentary elections scheduled for March 5.
