Overview

• KP Sharma Oli made his first public appearance in Bhaktapur at a CPN‑UML youth event after stepping down on September 9.
• Oli rejected claims he ordered police to fire on demonstrators, urged a probe into reported use of automatic weapons, and alleged the protests were infiltrated.
• The interim cabinet ordered travel restrictions on Oli and four others, barring foreign trips and exits from the Kathmandu Valley during the investigation.
• A commission led by former justice Gauri Bahadur Karki recommended the curbs as inquiries continue into the September 8–9 crackdown that left about 74 people dead.
• Oli labeled the caretaker administration a “government of publicity” and “born of arson,” while reports detail police use of water cannons, tear gas, live rounds and gunfire from inside parliament.