In his statement to the commission, Oli also mentioned that he did not receive reliable support from security agencies.
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The then Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that he wanted to mobilize the army to bring the situation under control on 24 Bhadra.
Oli made the disclosure in a written statement to the inquiry commission formed to investigate the incidents of 23 and 24 Bhadra on Sunday.
Oli claims that it was a planned incident, saying that it would not have been possible to cause so much damage at once and in such a short time without any plan. Oli also wrote that he did not receive reliable support from the security agencies. ‘I wanted to mobilize the Nepali Army to control the situation on 24 Bhadra, but that was not possible,’ his written statement says.
Oli has claimed that there was a planned attack attempt on him on 24 Bhadra. Oli claims that the way the attack was carried out after entering Baluwatar, could have led to his assassination on that day.
Oli has stated from the beginning that he is doubtful about an impartial report since Gauri Bahadur Karki had made his views public on social media on the day of the incident and before that, and he has also stated in his written response that he still stands by this stance. He has demanded that the commission should have a clear investigation strategy and clarity on why the incident happened and which forces were behind it.
Earlier, Oli had been publicly expressing his stance not to give a statement by reaching Singha Durbar, raising questions about the inquiry commission itself. The commission officials, however, had been saying that they would take a statement from Oli in his capacity as the then Prime Minister. After the government mediated between the positions of both parties and came up with a 'middle way', the commission agreed to accept it even if he submitted a written response. Oli had also indicated that he was ready to submit it in writing. After that, the commission team arrived on Sunday with a letter.
In his written statement, Oli has covered the incidents from 22 to 24 Bhadra and the views of the commission chair Gauri Bahadur Karki that have already been made public. According to a member of the commission, Oli has mentioned that the Supreme Court has already decided the reason for closing the social media and that he has good intentions in doing so since foreign companies in the country do not pay taxes and operate without regulation.
Oli claims that the youths had taken permission to hold a peaceful protest in Kathmandu, but there was infiltration. He wrote that he does not need to say more because the youth involved in the protest said that there was infiltration in the movement and that anarchic groups had entered. He claims that the procession started from Maitighar on 23 Bhadra, saying that there would be a peaceful protest, but there was infiltration later. He says that the people who reached New Baneshwor and were involved in vandalizing the Parliament building were not protesters, but infiltrators.
He also claims that most of the protesters were not of the Gen-G age, as can be clearly seen in the photos and videos from the time. Oli's written reply states that in the meeting of the National Security Council on the evening of 22 Bhadra, there was a discussion that the protest would be peaceful and that support for the youth and students would be provided without using force. He replied that after the vandalism and sudden shooting on 23 Bhadra, he called a meeting of the then Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak and the heads of all security agencies for discussion and that it was decided to form an investigation committee. Oli has said that he decided to form a commission to investigate the incident in the evening of 23 Bhadra.
Oli claims that it is now being confirmed that the hands of the forces within the country are not the only ones involved in the movement. He has mentioned that ‘the geopolitical games that have been played in various works since the formation of the government will confirm that there was infiltration in this movement.’ Oli also claims that the incidents of destruction that took place on 24 Bhadra were planned. He has said that some anarchic groups had planned and damaged the Parliament Building, Supreme Court, Prime Minister’s Residence, President’s House and even personal property.
Oli claims that it was a planned incident, saying that it would not have been possible to cause so much damage at once and in such a short time without any plan. Oli has also written that he has not received reliable support from the security agencies.
On Sunday, Oli reached the National Human Rights Commission and gave a two-and-a-half-hour long statement about the incident. While Oli was preparing to give a statement to the Human Rights Commission, a team of the Commission of Inquiry formed under the leadership of former judge Gauri Bahadur Karki had reached Oli's residence in Gundu with a letter requesting him to 'give a statement'. Oli had sent the Commission team that had reached Gundu with his written statement that had been prepared in advance. Coincidentally, both the commissions had taken the statement of the then Prime Minister Oli and called him for a statement on the same day.
