During the recent unrest in Nepal, the Parliament building was set ablaze. This occurred on a Tuesday as anti-government protests escalated out of control, mere minutes after Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli resigned. Television channels and multiple reporters on the ground confirmed the storming and burning of Parliament.

Officials reported that police used tear gas and rubber bullets as crowds attempted to storm the Parliament. This attack on a government building was a targeted act of the unrest [conversation history], and together with the storming of the Supreme Court and Oli's resignation, it marks one of the gravest political crises for Nepal since it abolished its monarchy in 2008.ent Paudel.