Actress and politician Kangana Ranaut clarified her earlier remarks on Gen Z during the Jantar Mantar student protest, stating her comments were misconstrued. She emphasised she criticised only a section of protesters present, not the entire generation.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy announced that special sessions of the Assembly and Council will be held in August to discuss lowering the minimum age for contesting elections to 21 years. He said a resolution would be passed and sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approval.
Former Nepal prime minister K P Sharma Oli was arrested following the implementation of a probe report into last year’s Gen Z protests. Authorities also detained Ramesh Lekhak, while the CPN-UML announced nationwide protests against the action