[Nepal] Protests: Peaceful protest

Summary

Single-source ACLED detection — awaiting independent verification. On April 8, 2025, members of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) staged a peaceful protest in Kathmandu's Balkhu locality, demanding system change, monarchy restoration, and an end to federalism while denouncing corruption and misrule. The demonstration appears localized with low severity.

Supply chain impact

No commodities or chokepoints are directly mapped to this event; second-order effects depend on how the situation escalates and whether similar protests spread beyond Kathmandu.

Watch points

• Monitor for expansion of protests beyond the capital or escalation from peaceful to disruptive demonstrations
• Track government response and potential for broader political instability affecting Nepal's transit corridors with China and India