Nepal’s former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli accused the caretaker government of attempting to arrest him without “sufficient grounds” and claimed it was not serious about conducting the general election scheduled for March 5, 2026.

Oli made these claims while speaking to a journalist in Kathmandu for the first time since his ouster. Oli said his party, CPN-UML, would seek the reinstatement of the dissolved House of Representatives.

He resigned in early September after the violent protest erupted in Nepal led by Gen Z youth over corruption allegations and a controversial social media ban, alleging that the interim government under Sushila Karki was formed in an “unconstitutional manner.”

He claimed his life was under threat during the protests and described being rescued by the Nepal A

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