Nepal protests: Sanjeev Sanyal flags similarities in regime falls; calls it 'same toolkit'

Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Economic Advisory Council to Indian Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Narendra Modi, questioned the violent protests in neighbouring Nepal, noting their uncanny resemblance to regime changes in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and other countries in recent years.

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Sanyal raised suspicion over these regime changes that occurred on the back of violent protest, saying: "It does raise the question of how 'organic' these things are."

"Irrespective of what one thinks of PM Oli's regime, or his future, the same toolkit gets used suspiciously often in the neighbourhood. We saw students being used as fodder in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and more recently in Indonesia. It does raise the question of how 'organic' these things are," Sanyal wrote on X.

In Dhaka, students took to the streets in August 2024 against a controversial job quota system, a movement that snowballed into nationwide protests and the eventual fall of Sheikh Hasina's government. Hundreds died in the crackdown before Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was chosen to head an interim government, with the Army playing mediator.