For the first time in Nepal, various foreign media are reporting about the protest led by Jen-G.
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News agency AFP reported that thousands of young people demonstrated in Kathmandu. It is mentioned that youths are agitating to remove widespread corruption and ban on social media.
Economic Times of India, India Today, Times of India and others have also covered this incident. India Today broadcast live and said that the Gen-G movement started because the government disabled social media apps.
"After deciding to ban 26 social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and YouTube on September 4 for not being registered with the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, this movement started under the leadership of Jane G," the news said.
It is mentioned in the Economic Times that the youth broke the prohibited area by breaking the police barricade . As the clashes escalated, the police opened fire in many places and a curfew was imposed in Kathmandu, Times reported. AFP quoted Gen-G representatives as saying that they had to protest because corruption is institutionalized in Nepal.
"Nepal had previously banned popular online platforms," the Times further wrote, "Last July, the government also shut down Telegram because of the increase in online fraud and money laundering." In August last year, after a nine-month long ban, the government of Nepal revealed the ban on Tiktok.'
