Kathmandu, March 29 -- The arrest of former prime minister KP Sharma Oli and his home minister until September last year, Ramesh Lekhak, early Saturday amid heavy security deployment in a swift move after new government formation has inflamed the political scenario.

The CPN-UML has already hit the streets and the sister organisations of Nepali Congress have issued separate statements to warn that they will be forced to take to the streets against "the political vendetta" initiated by the Balendra Shah government.

Party leaders said that the action taken by the government against the leaders of the administration at the time of the September Gen Z uprising will bring opposition parties together. This could put pressure on the Rastriya Sw...