Death toll in Nepal protests rises to 72 as new PM vows to ‘end corruption’

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Khatmando: At least 72 people were killed during violent anti -corruption protests in Nepal this week, the government said in a latest tool on Sunday, when the new interim government began its work.

Nepal’s new leader vowed to pursue the demands of protesters “corruption” after the “General Z” deported the “General Z” after the “General Z” youth demonstrations.

The 73 -year -old former chief justice, Sushila Karki, has been assigned to restore the demands of protesters for a corruption -free future before the elections in six months and resolve the demands of the protesters.

The protests began on Monday with a ban on social media and increased rapidly, Parliament and key government buildings burned, as they fed long -standing economic problems in Nepal.

In his first public comments after taking office on Friday, Kariki said, “We have to work according to General Z Generation’s thinking.”

According to the World Bank, the fifth people are unemployed in Nepal 15-24 years old, GDP stands at only 44 1,447 per person.

He added, “What this group is demanding is the end of corruption, good governance and economic equality.” “You and I have to be determined to fulfill it”.

‘From the streets’

Before the meeting began at the key government complex of Singha Darbar, Karkei took a minute’s silence on Sunday for those killed in the unrest, where several buildings were set on fire during mass protests on Tuesday.

The government’s chief secretary, Eknarine Arial, said on Sunday that at least 72 people were killed in a two -day protest, increasing the first tool of the first 51.

It was the worst unrest after the end of a decade -long civil war and the end of the monarchy in 2008.

The appointment of Karki, which is known for his independence, came after intense talks with Army Chief General Ashok Raj Sigdeel and President Ram Chandra Podel, with representatives of “General Z”, including the title of a loose umbrella of the youth protest movement.

Thousands of young workers used the detacked app to select Karki as their leader.

“The situation in which I have come, I do not want to come here,” Karki said. My name was brought by the streets. “

Parliament has been dissolved and elections have been finalized on March 5, 2026.

He added to the nation in a speech, “We will not be more than six months here in any situation. We will fulfill our responsibilities and pledge to hand over the next parliament and ministers.”

‘Challenging Times’

Workers set up a new sign board for the prime minister’s office in a building inside the complex, but which was not burned.

“A peaceful solution has been found through a difficult process,” Podel, who held Kirki, said at the weekend.

Podel called it a “very difficult, complicated and serious situation in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people.”

He said, “I appeal to everyone to get the most out of this opportunity … on March 5 to win the elections.”

Soldiers have surpassed their presence on the streets, where they were deployed in large numbers after protests.

But more than 12,500 prisoners fleeing prisons during the chaos are fleeing, and offers a difficult headache.

Regional leaders have congratulated Karki, including two Nepal’s neighbors, India and China.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that New Delhi has supported “peace, development and prosperity” in Hindu-majority Nepal, while the Beijing Foreign Ministry has said that they want to “move China-Nepal relations permanently”.

Buddha is the second largest religion in the country, and the deported Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, wished Karki that “every success in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the people of Nepal in these difficult times”.