Nepal Unrest Big Update: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli to resign today? All you need to know about Nepal’s 45th PM

K P Sharma Oli is the 45th Prime Minister of Nepal and the President of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML). He assumed office on 15 July 2024, marking his third term as Prime Minister.

New Delhi: GenZ protests in Nepal turned violent again on Tuesday after the protestors barged into the house of several leaders and torched the private residence of communication minister Prithvi Subba Gurung. Moreover, Nepal’s agriculture minister Ram Nath Adhikari resigned, denouncing the government’s crackdown on the ‘Gen Z’ protests that left 19 people dead in Kathmandu and other parts of the country a day earlier, according to local media reports.

Owing to the violent protest, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli has called an all-party meeting at 6pm today amid rising protests across the country. “I am in dialogue with the relevant parties to assess the situation and find a meaningful conclusion. For that, I have also called an all-party meeting at 6 pm today. I humbly request all brothers and sisters to remain calm in this difficult situation,” the statement from PM secretariate said. Reports suggest that the Prime Minister is likely to resign after the meeting.

All You Need to Know About Nepal Prime Minister Oli:

• K P Sharma Oli is the 45th Prime Minister of Nepal and the President of the Communist Party of Nepal (UML).
• He assumed office on 15 July 2024, marking his third term as Prime Minister.
• His previous tenures were from 11 October 2015 to 24 July 2016 and from 15 February 2018 to 13 July 2021.
• Oli was born on 23 February 1952 in the Terhathum District of Eastern Nepal
• Prime Minister Oli was raised in a lower-middle-income family.
• His early years were marked by a profound sense of enthusiasm and creativity, which eventually led him to embark on a political career at a young age.
• In February 1970, he became a full-time activist and joined the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN).
• His political activism led to numerous arrests under false charges, resulting in 14 consecutive years in prison, including four years in solitary confinement from 1973 to 1987.
• Following his release, Oli rose through the ranks of the then Communist Party of Nepal (M-L), becoming a Central Committee member and serving as the in-charge of the Lumbini Zone until 1990.
• He also founded and served as the first President of the Democratic National Youth Federation (DNYF), the youth wing of the party.
• His parliamentary career commenced in 1991, shortly after the restoration of the multiparty system in Nepal, when he was elected to the House of Representatives.
• In 1993, he became the chief of the Central Department of International Affairs of CPN (UML)
• In 1994, he was elected to the Politburo and appointed Chief of the Central Department of Publicity.
• The same year, he was re-elected to the House of Representatives and appointed Minister for Home Affairs in Nepal’s first popularly elected Communist Party-led government.
• Oli was re-elected for a third consecutive term in 1999 and served as Chief of the Department of Parliamentary Affairs of CPN (UML) from 1995 to 2008.
• He also held the position of Deputy Leader of the Main Opposition Party in Parliament from 1999 to 2002.
• From April 2006 to March 2007, Oli served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs in the interim government.
• In 2013, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly (CA) and subsequently elected as the leader of the party in the CA and legislature-parliament on 4 February 2014.
• His leadership within the party was further solidified when he was elected as the President of the Party on 17 July 2014, during the 9th National Congress.

Oli’s rise in politics stems from his role in the Jhapa uprising and his dedicated involvement in an intense underground movement. His leadership is defined by a firm commitment to patriotism, democracy, social justice, and equality.

He has successfully shifted the political discourse from the struggle for rights to the pursuit of national development and economic prosperity for the people of Nepal.