Former President Ram Baran Yadav has said that the destruction that took place on September 9 during the Gen-Z movement was regressive and pre-planned.
Observing the overall developments following the Gen-Z movement independently, Yadav said the incident occurred due to the weakness of political leaders.
“The incident of September 9 happened because of the leaders’ weaknesses. On September 8, 19 young people lost their lives. They keep saying there was infiltration that day. Those who run the state should have known about such infiltration,” former President Yadav said in an interview with Onlinekhabar. “It appears that there was no proper information, and the Gen-Z movement was taken lightly. This is the weakness of the CPN UML and Nepali Congress leaders who were in government at that time.”
He said that the Gen Z youth had raised demands such as good governance, employment, an end to irregularities, and opening access to social media, all of which were legitimate demands.
He added that the Gen Z movement still insists that solutions must be found within the framework of the current constitution, and he said this was the correct stance.
“The way public and national properties were attacked in the destruction on the second day, that was a regressive design. Even if Nepalis themselves did it, it was still a regressive act,” he said. “The incident of Bhadra 24 appeared to be pre-planned. The state remained unaware. Those running the government bear full responsibility.”
