Gen-G activists are campaigning on social media with a profile picture with a red background that says, ”Is the Karki Commission's full report out?” They have announced that they will gather at 1 pm on Sunday at Maitighar Mandal in Kathmandu and hold a vigil.
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Gen-G activists have demanded the public release of the report of the inquiry commission formed to investigate the incidents of 23 and 24 Bhadra. Youth active in the Gen-G movement have launched a pressure campaign from social media to the streets, demanding the public release of the report.
The government had formed the inquiry commission under the leadership of former judge Gauri Bahadur Karki on 5 Asoj. The commission was given a mandate to investigate the repression of the Gen-G movement on 23 Bhadra and the incidents of vandalism and arson on 24 Bhadra. Despite being given a period of 3 months, the commission's term was extended several times after it failed to complete the work on time. The first time was extended by 1 month on 3 Poush, the second time by 20 days on 8 Magh, and the last time by 25 days on 26 Magh.
'It is more fair when the current government makes its report public than the new government that will be formed now' - Raksha Bam The commission submitted its report to the government on 24 Falgun. Prime Minister Sushila Karki had said that she would make the report public only after studying it. However, Gen-G activists have started a pressure campaign, saying that there has been a delay in making the report public. Gen-G activists are campaigning on social media by posting a profile picture with a red background saying, 'Is the Karki Commission's full report?' They have announced that they will gather at Maitighar Mandal in Kathmandu at 1 pm on Sunday and hold a vigilance program.
'Although many investigation reports have been made in Nepal, they have not been made public. Now we want the Karki Commission to break that trend' - Arnab Chaudhary According to Gen-G activist Arnab Chaudhary, an attempt has been made to create pressure through both social media and the street to make the report public. 'We are raising awareness by changing our profiles on social media. We are preparing to gather at Maitighar on Sunday to take the same campaign to the streets,' Chaudhary said. Among those who have been seen at the forefront of the movement by posting their profile pictures on social media and demanding the report to be made public are Bikash Rasaili, Monica Niraula, Sanken Rai, Amit Urja, Arnab Chaudhary, Pawan Gautam, and others.
'The reports of many previous commissions have never been made public, and there is a doubt whether the report on the Gen-G movement will also be hidden in the same way' - Sanken Yampu Rai Saying that there are examples of many commissions formed in the past to investigate various incidents, but their reports have not been made public, Gen-G activist Sanken Yampu Rai said that there is a growing suspicion that the report on the Gen-G movement will also not be made public. 'Many commissions have been formed in Nepal before. But their reports have never been made public. There is a doubt whether the report on the Gen-G movement will also be hidden in the same way,' she said.
According to her, differences have begun to emerge among the youth participating in the movement on whether to take responsibility for the incident or not. Therefore, she says that the report needs to be made public to clarify the reality. ‘Such a big incident has happened, many people have been killed. If the report is hidden, it is suspicious in itself,’ Rai said, ‘The Constitution has ensured the right to information under the fundamental right. Keeping the report hidden is a violation of that right.’ According to her, the fact that the commission has not made it public even after submitting the report to the government has raised more questions.
‘Who came to the movement spontaneously and deliberately? The report should be made public to find out that too’ – Amit Urja Gen-G activist Arnab Chaudhary said that the full report should be made public. ‘There have been many investigation reports in Nepal, but most of them have not been made public,’ he says, ‘Now we want the Karki Commission to break that trend.’ Amit Urja of the Gen-G Movement Alliance said that the delay in making the report public could raise questions about its impartiality. ‘We had already said that the report should be made public. We had also requested that it be made public before the elections. But it did not go as expected,’ he said.
He says that delaying the publication of the report could affect the political situation as it is about to change. ‘The process of forming a new government has already moved forward. The people found guilty in the report may have been elected now. They may not allow the report to be made public impartially,’ he said. According to Urja, two people took to the streets during the protest on Bhadra 24. ‘One came to the streets spontaneously after the Bhadra 23 incident, while the other came planned. Who is coming planned? We need to know that too,’ he said.
'We submitted the memorandum, we also asked for time to meet the Prime Minister, but we are forced to come to the streets after we have not been heard from anywhere' - Monica Niraula Gen-G Front coordinator Raksha Bam demanded that the government make the report public. 'It is more fair for the current government to make it public than the next government,' she said. Campaigner Monica Niraula said that the government has ignored her despite her continuous voice to make the report public. 'We submitted the memorandum, we also asked for time to meet the Prime Minister.' But there was no hearing from anywhere,' she said, 'that is why we are forced to come to the streets.'
Home Minister Omprakash Aryal, who is also the government's spokesperson, said that he was confident that the report would be made public. 'The report will be made public after it is submitted to the Council of Ministers. That is the process,' said Minister Aryal. He said that he was not aware of when the Council of Ministers meeting would be held.
