KATHMANDU: The KP Oli-led government’s decision to ban 26 social media platforms, including Facebook, has triggered a new wave of youth-led protests beginning today.

Gen Z is demanding accountability, transparency, and an end to corruption. Despite the ban, online dissent flourishes. TikTok has become the epicenter of today’s movement, where thousands of videos criticize the privileged lifestyles of political leaders’ children while ordinary citizens face daily hardships.

A viral “Nepo Baby” trend is sweeping TikTok today, exposing the foreign education, designer clothing, and luxury spending of politicians’ heirs.

Youths contrast this privilege with their own struggles for jobs, healthcare, and education.Today’s demonstrations echo slogans like “The leaders’ children return from abroad with Gucci bags, the people’s children in coffins.” These messages capture rising frustration over inequality and corruption.

As protests erupt, many youths highlight how they lack access to basic healthcare, food security, and essential medication such as citalopram — while political families live in unchecked luxury.

Today’s movement links elite privilege directly to the labor and remittances of ordinary Nepalis, especially migrant workers, arguing that their sacrifices sustain the nation while leaders’ families thrive unaccountably.

Organizers have called for a mass protest in Kathmandu at 9 a.m. today, urging nationwide participation. The leaderless and spontaneous nature of the demonstrations reflects genuine grassroots anger.

Officials are reportedly carrying out security assessments. What began as a digital outcry has turned into one of the most vocal, organized, and visible youth-led protests Nepal has seen in recent years.

Criticism of political heirs is intensifying today across TikTok, Reddit, and Instagram. For Gen Z, these figures symbolize systemic corruption — and today’s protests mark a bold step to challenge them.