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Fair, but the implications and chances of a communal flair up are high after what happened to the Nepali migrant workers in Israel. I'm sure the Nepali Govt doesn't want a repeat of 2004.

Mix that with the rise of Hindutva, a bad economy, and divisive discourse across the border for the 2024 elections and things can probably get ugly if precautions aren't taken.

Shutting down TikTok is a small price to pay to prevent actual communal violence.

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Hinduvta does not exist as a driving political force in Nepal. You are thinking of India. Nepal is secular albeit there is a small faction vying for power based on hindu ideologies but they are a very small portion of nepal politics. Again there is no communal flair that has entered into national discourse like we see in India or some ME countries. Nepal is pretty chill in that regards, surprisingly so given the whole country has multitudes of ethnic groups. There are still caste based incidents in remote areas but not so much in urban cores. Knowing the decisions the nincompoop leaders have done out of whim over the last decade or so I am fairly certain that this decision was also not done with due dilligence.

It's not a driving force in Nepal, but it takes a handful of "Kattar Hindu" idiots (most of whom seem to be Awadhi and Maithili based on the IG Reels and TikTok shorts I've seen) to light a spark in the Terai.

Most of these incidents and flareups are happening in the Terai areas where ethnic communities straddle the India-Nepal border. While the secessionist movement seems to have largely been tamped down, I wouldn't be surprised if many people who were in that milleu ended up becoming more fundamentalist.

And it's extremely worrisome that events and discourse like this is much more common, despite not existing 20 years ago.

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