Anatomy of an Apocalypse: Nepal’s Gen Z Revolt and Sudden Collapse

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When caught napping with pants down, the political leadership in power acted as a leopard frozen after struck by powerful headlight of an SUV on a highway in a mountain.

By TRH Global Affairs Desk

NEW DELHI, September 27, 2025 — Caught with pants down, security forces in Nepal aimed at heads of teenagers storming toward parliament. Days after the Gen Z protests unleashed a powerful gust that blew away the KP Sharma Oli-led coalition government, preliminary report on response of security forces reveal a shocking detail of callousness and chaos.

While Nepal has a history of protests, often violent, mirroring socio-political chasm, intelligence wings—of the police and the army—were caught pants down. A report by the Kathmandu Times stated that none of the intelligence wings had any clues of the simmering anger among the Gen Z that would explode and rip apart Nepal’s political system.

Worse, when caught napping with pants down, the political leadership in power acted as a leopard frozen after struck by powerful headlight of an SUV on a highway in a mountain.

“The then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak directed us to adopt the minimal presence strategy,” the Kathmandu Post quoted a senior ranking police official. Security forces took positions to defend parliament, leaving streets unmanned.

With streets showing minimal security forces, the army of Gen Z protesters strolled towards parliament, almost reminding of scared American forces speeding to the Bagram Airport after they sighted the Taliban marching into Kabul.

The Kathmandu-based daily suggested that the security forces afterwards almost staged a suicide for the ruling political dispensation. “The police forces stationed at parliament used heavy assault weapons to aim above wait at the Gen Z protestors,” wrote the daily. It added that “there were 13,182 instances of firing across the country over two days. Most of the bullets fired were from lethal weapons, including INSAS, SLR, and pistols.”

High-velocity bullets caused most deaths, added the report, quoting from reports of postmortems of the deceased.

Preliminary enquiry report data gave shocking details: 2,642 rounds of live ammunition; 1,884 rubber bullets; 2,377 instances of warning shots; and 6,279 tear gas shells. Nepal’s Kathmandu, Madhesh province (simmering for decades), Koshi, Karnali, Sudurpaschim, Lumbini, Gandaki, and Bagmati province areas bore the brunt of the excessive firepower of the security forces.

The daily wrote that the trigger for firing above waist, almost aimed at heads, was the banner “Wake Up Nepal” put up by Gen Z protestors on Baneshwar’s skywalk and surrounded Parliament. Afterwards, Nepal made a history—of a sudden collapse of a coalition government and internet hooked teenagers and youngsters electing a Prime Minister on Discord chatroom with barely 3000 online votes cast.