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Modi Convenes Security Panel on Nepal Crisis After Deadly Youth Protests

The review followed two days of unrest in Nepal that prompted top leaders to resign.

Overview

  • India's Cabinet Committee on Security met in Delhi to assess the crisis, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging peace and stressing Nepal's stability as vital.
  • Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and President Ram Chandra Poudel resigned as demonstrations intensified, according to News18.
  • Student-led protests driven by anger over a social media ban and alleged inaction on corruption grew even after the ban was revoked Monday night.
  • Clashes on September 8 left at least 19 people dead, according to figures reported by News18.
  • Demonstrators targeted leaders' residences, party headquarters and the Parliament building in a wave of arson and violence.