Nepal’s President, Ramchandra Paudel said on Thursday that he was seeking an end to the crisis that has engulfed the Himalayan nation since deadly protests this week ousted the prime minister and left parliament in flames.
Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia, is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
‘I am consulting and making every effort to find a way out of the current difficult situation in the country within the constitutional framework.
‘I appeal to all parties to be confident that a solution to the problem is being sought as soon as possible to address the demands of the protesting citizens’, Paudel said in a statement.
On Tuesday, 73-year-old Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli (commonly known as K. P. Sharma Oli) resigned in the face of protests. He had served as the 38th prime minister of Nepal from 2015 to 2016, 2018 to 2021, and 2024 to 2025.
His whereabouts are unknown.
Constitutionally, 80-year-old Paudel should invite the leader of the largest parliamentary party to form a government.
Army chief, General Ashok Raj Sigdel held talks with key figures and ‘representatives of Gen Z’ on Wednesday, a military spokesperson said, referring to the loose umbrella title of the protest movement.
The Army have imposed a curfew in the Himalayan nation of 30 million people, after the worst violence in two decades.
Paudel urged Nepalis to ‘practice restraint and cooperate to maintain peace and order in the country’.
