How far will Nepal’s ruling party go to silence its critics?

Instead of solving problems, the RSP administration is cracking down on people who point them out.

On Monday morning, the gates of three media outlets were blocked by suspicious vehicles. This was not an accident or a case of bad parking. These vehicles were deliberately placed to stop the work of journalists at Kantipur Media Group, Onlinekhabar and Himalaya TV. Investigations found that the vehicles belonged to members of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). One was linked directly to Ravi Jaiswal, a member of the party’s investigation and documentation department.