Nepal’s spiraling political crisis took a shocking turn this week after Finance Minister Bishnu Prasad Paudel was assaulted by enraged demonstrators who stripped him of his clothes and forced him into a river, a humiliation that has since gone viral online.
The dramatic episode unfolded just hours after protesters torched parts of the parliament building, highlighting the level of fury sweeping across the nation. The unrest, largely led by a Gen Z-driven protest movement, has become a rallying cry against soaring unemployment, surging food prices, ballooning debt, and what many view as entrenched corruption.
Public anger has zeroed in on senior leaders accused of mishandling the fragile economy and stalling reforms. Viral clips of the minister’s ordeal have only intensified the sense of a government losing its grip on control.
