Nepal’s deposed Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Sunday said the current government is trying to arrest him by crook, without sufficient grounds, and that he had not indulged in any sorts of corruption.
“’There are all sorts of moves on the part of the government to arrest me on one or the other excuses, but I will not appear before any such commissions,” said Oli.
During his first interaction with editors and senior journalists in Kathmandu over a month after his ouster from power, Oli said that he was also not going to apologise for the killing of 76 people during September’s youth protests. He said that he had not ordered the security forces to open fire, and that “nowhere does a PM apologise for this.”
Oli resigned in early September after violent protests by the youth against his government over corruption and a ban on social media.
Drawing parallels between himself and former Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, he said: “Youths rose in protest to dislodge a 75 year old PM… only to be replaced by some one a decade older.” Calling Sushila Karki’s rule illegal, he also signalled that his party would not contest in polls under her leadership.
Meanwhile, senior Nepali Congress leader Gopal Man Shrestha said the former monarchy must also be a part of the conversations for national reconciliation.
